Alserkal Avenue opens the art season with 19 exhibitions opening across 16 galleries and art spaces this September, bringing together solo and group presentations by artists from the UAE, region and beyond.
11 September
Ishara Art Foundation
The sky held it, the earth remembered | Rohini Devasher, Sarker Protick and Shahana Rajani
11 September – 15 December
A group exhibition exploring land, water and the cosmos as living archives of memory, history and ecological change.
19 September
Zawyeh Gallery
The Field of Dreams | Bashar Khalaf
19 September – 8 November
Two new series examining steel in public space as a symbol of protection, control and power.
21 September
Firetti Contemporary
The Living Archive | Ahmad Tallaa
21 September – 11 November
A comprehensive presentation exploring the face as an archive of accumulated experience and identity.
23 September
1×1 Art Gallery
Locacola (2000–ongoing) | Sharmila Samant
23 September – 24 October
An ongoing project exploring the tension between global consumer culture and local identity.
Aisha Alabbar Gallery
What We Carry Becomes the Terrain | Bénédicte Gimonnet
23 September – 7 November
Paintings, drawings and textiles reflecting on landscape, cultural inheritance and identity across place and time.
Ayyam Gallery
Allusive Veil | Hisham Sharif
23 September – 30 October
Autobiographical paintings exploring intimacy, tradition, memory and private life through atmospheric scenes.
Carbon 12
May the Tree No Longer Burn When I Wake | Amir Khojasteh
23 September – 5 November
A body of work reflecting on departure, distance, destruction and renewal through ash and the Persian garden.
Efie Gallery
Sojourner: The Difference is the Same | Maggie Otieno
23 September – 13 November
Otieno’s first solo exhibition, featuring sculptures made from reclaimed railway sleepers and found materials.
Gallery Isabelle
I Bloom Where You Hold Me | Tirdad Hashemi
23 September – 4 November
Works exploring love, intimacy, care and resilience as forces sustaining relationships and communities.
Green Art
Private World |Lulua Alyahya, Rami Farook, Sohrab Hura and Khaled Jarada
23 September – 24 October
An intimate group exhibition exploring solitude, inward attention and personal experience.
Grey Noise
The importance of staying quiet: 6. Open Forms | Iqra Tanveer and Faheem Abbas
23 September – 30 December
A group exhibition focused on conceptual and material practices shaped by stillness and abstraction.
Lawrie Shabibi
The Butterfly’s Burden | Nada Elkalaawy
Opens 23 September
Layered paintings exploring memory, loss, regeneration and the passage of time.
Leila Heller Gallery
Between Land and Sea | Azza Al Qubaisi
23 September – 10 November
Exploring Emirati identity, heritage and nature through Al Qubaisi’s multidisciplinary practice.
In Search of Material within Material | Manish Nai
23 September – 10 November
Exploring form, space, material and repetition through a minimalist practice.
Between a Fold and a Memory | Karima Al Shomely
23 September – 10 November
Exploring memory, identity, place and cultural heritage through a multidisciplinary practice.
Taymour Grahne Projects |
The Canticle of the Birds | Katia Kameli
23 September – 11 November
A solo presentation by Paris-based French-Algerian artist and filmmaker Katia Kameli.
Frogs, Jazz & Blisters | Dalal Al-Obaidi
23 September – 11 November
A solo presentation by Kuwaiti artist Dalal Al-Obaidi.
The Third Line
Taking Form | Rana Begum
23 September – 10 November
New works across textile, wood and paper exploring light, colour, material, abstraction and geometry.
26 September
Waddington Custot
Sculptures, Furniture and Works on Paper | Bernar Venet
26 September – 31 October
A survey bringing together Venet’s steel sculptures, furniture and works on paper.
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