Dubai
Futuristic skyline meets a thriving arts ecosystem
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Exhibitions
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Venues
Art & the City in Dialogue
Dubai is a burgeoning hub for contemporary art, anchored by institutions like the Alserkal Avenue arts district and the Dubai Design District. The annual Art Dubai fair attracts international attention, showcasing a blend of established and emerging talents. The city’s vibrant galleries and public art initiatives reflect a commitment to innovation and cultural exchange, solidifying Dubai's position as a key player in the Middle Eastern art landscape.
The City as Stage
Exhibitions in Dubai
The spaces where Dubai speaks — from major institutional surveys to gallery shows that define the city's contemporary conversation.
What's On
Dubai — Upcoming Shows
4 shows
Now Showing
Featured Artists
Urban Infrastructure
Dubai's Art Ecosystem
The institutions, galleries, and independent spaces through which Dubai produces, hosts, and transmits contemporary culture.
Gallery Directory
Contemporary Galleries in Dubai
A verified directory of Dubai's contemporary art galleries — each record fetched and confirmed from the gallery's official website.
Dubai's leading gallery connecting MENA and Global South artists to biennales.
A pioneering gallery founded in the medieval town of San Gimignano that has expanded to create cultural bridges across continents. With its distinctive model of establishing spaces in unexpected locations, it has been instrumental in creating dialogue between European, Asian, and Latin American art scenes.
A crucial gallery in the Middle East, founded in 2005, that has been instrumental in bringing artists from the region to global attention. The Third Line has helped establish Dubai as a contemporary art center and platform for artists from the MENA region.
On the Rise
Artists to Watch in Dubai
Active voices generating signal — emerging, mid-career, and buzzworthy names surfacing in Dubai's current scene.
Monira Al Qadiri
ShowingShowing in "Jameel Arts Centre: Monira Al Qadiri — Spectral Ecologies" at Jameel Arts Centre
Shilpa Gupta
ShowingShowing in "Ishara Art Foundation: Fragments of Migration and Memory" at Ishara Art Foundation
Raad Hijab
ShowingShowing in "Ishara Art Foundation: Fragments of Migration and Memory" at Ishara Art Foundation
Mona Hatoum
ShowingShowing in "Jameel Arts Centre: Desert Fluidity" at Jameel Arts Centre
Local News Wire
Dubai Contemporary Art News
Fresh coverage of Dubai's contemporary art scene, aggregated weekly from local-language news sources.
Biennale Radar
Part of Biennale Radar's Art & the City in Dialogue series — aggregating live editorial intelligence about how cities and the art world speak to each other.