3D Immersive Art and Dining at Shangri-La Dubai

Buckle up for a sensory roller coaster ride at this new immersive art and dining experience At Shangri-La, Dubai. Seven Paintings takes guests on an exploratory journey of exquisite flavours inspired by seven iconic masters of art. Curated by well-known Jordanian food artist and chef Omar Sartawi and show producer Nadine Beshir, in collaboration with […]

Bait Al Motawa'a

Visit Bait Al Motawa’a in Fujairah

Bait Al Motawa’a, the home of the religious leader in the Taiba region of the Emirate of Fujairah is a restored house, maintained by the government of Fujairah. It houses an open courtyard with a vintage Range Rover parked on the side, a Majlis and several rooms that are open to the public for viewing. […]

Rima Moukahal: Embracing Art in her Fifties

‘When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy,’ Rumi.It took Dubai-resident, Rima Moukahal, half a decade to follow her soul’s voice and embark on an art journey in her fifties. First, it was the civil war in Lebanon and then a long and successful corporate career that […]

Petra Kaltenbach on her transformative hybrid art

A multi-faceted artist, Petra Kaltenbach, fuses technology, graphic design, videography and fine art to create new-age contemporary art. Deeply perceptive and intuitive, she paints from a place of inner consciousness to portray the unseen on her canvas. Born in Duisburg, Germany in 1962, Petra, one of the co-curators of World Art Dubai, moved to the […]

Hobbies of Yesterday at Hotel Indigo, Dubai Downtown

Emirati artist Badr Abbas showcases his much-loved childhood hobbies through a series of juxtaposed cubist art at Hotel Indigo, Dubai Downtown. The exhibition titled ‘Hobbies of Yesterday’ runs at the hotel till March 31st, 2022. Art enthusiasts can discover Abbas’ unique contemporary art, that merges Emirati cultural icons in a cubist style. Inspired by the […]

Five UAE Art Fairs to look out for in 2022

Al Quoz Arts Festival, January 29th – 30th, 2022, Al Quoz, Dubai This arts and culture event in the vibrant Al Quoz community in its ninth edition has a great line-up of events. Under the theme Waking Dreams explore art exhibitions, installations, live music and dance events. The highlights include Gaia by artist Luke Jerram, a seven diameter […]

Six Emirati photographers exhibit at Tashkeel

The meshing in of human interventions in natural environments is the focus of a new  photography exhibition at Tashkeel, Dubai.  ‘From End to End’ runs until March 1, 2022, featuring 30 images by Emirati photography enthusiasts — Ola Allouz, Yaghoub Al Hammadi, Mousa Al Raeesi, Faisal Al Rais, Mona Al Tamimi and Maitha Bughanoum.  It has been curated […]

Sakti Burman’s NFTs at Artiana Dubai

Renowned Indian artist Sakti Burman’s NFT exhibition — The Mythical Metaverse opens at Artiana, UAE’s first homegrown auction house for art and luxury collectibles. At present, open to their existing collectors, the exhibition will be accessible to the public from February 8th , 2021, also marking the artist’s birthday. Burman, 87, a contemporary Indian artist based […]

Soraya Sikander on frescoes and calligraphy landscapes

Painting outdoors in the lap of nature by the sea or in a garden was an integral aspect of Dubai based Pakistani artist Soraya Sikander’s art routine. But the pandemic forced her to change that — months of being indoors in 2020, led her to rewire her painting process, which eventually resulted in her creating […]

Pinocchio Exhibition at Oblong Gallery

Italian artist Antonio Nocera has found his lifelong muse in Pinocchio, the mysterious marionette from the famous children’s classic tale. An exhibition of his artworks featuring Pinocchio and inspired by metaphors from the namesake book is on display at the Oblong Contemporary Gallery in Bluewaters Island, Dubai, till January 31st, 2022. Titled The Adventures of Pinocchio,the […]