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Art lovers in the UAE have a rare opportunity this season as a major exhibition dedicated to one of the most influential artists of the 20th century opens its doors in Abu Dhabi. Titled “Picasso, the Figure,” the exhibition explores the lifelong fascination of Pablo Picasso with the human body and how he reshaped its representation in modern art.
A pivotal chapter in modern Arab art history is taking centre stage in the Gulf. At the New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, the exhibition All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group revisits one of the most radical and intellectually ambitious movements in the Middle East.
On Saadiyat Island, a new architectural presence is quietly redefining what a museum can be. The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, designed by Dutch firm Mecanoo, is not simply a place to observe fossils and dinosaur skeletons. It is emerging as one of Abu Dhabi’s most important public gathering spaces.
An 18-metre-long gilded leather masterpiece is commanding attention at Louvre Abu Dhabi, marking one of the museum’s most ambitious conservation projects to date.
At Louvre Abu Dhabi, a new chapter in modern art unfolds with “Picasso, the Figure,” a landmark exhibition dedicated to the enduring fascination of Pablo Picasso with the human body.
In the serene galleries of Louvre Abu Dhabi, a new chapter in one of the most transformative artistic journeys of the 20th century unfolds. Picasso, The Figure — a landmark exhibition running from January 21 to May 31, 2026 — revisits Pablo Picasso’s lifelong engagement with the human body, revealing how even his most radical innovations remained rooted in a profound connection to the figure.
Public space is never neutral. It carries memory, power, and possibility. With the appointment of Elvira Dyangani Ose as Artistic Director of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial 2026, the city signals a bold intention: to transform streets, neighborhoods, and shared environments into living platforms for dialogue, history, and collective imagination.
Staying at Andaz Capital Gate Abu Dhabi feels less like checking into a hotel and more like entering a carefully choreographed cultural experience. Rising dramatically above the city, the building is instantly recognisable as the world’s most extreme leaning tower, tilting an astonishing 18 degrees—a record acknowledged by Guinness World Records. Yet beyond its architectural bravado, the hotel reveals itself as a living gallery where art, design, and Emirati identity intersect.
Walking into Two Clouds in the Night Sky at the Cultural Foundation, visitors step into a world that feels alive—an ecosystem shaped by colour, rhythm, and an almost meditative sense of growth. In this immersive solo exhibition, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim reveals the full scope of a practice that has quietly shaped the UAE’s contemporary art landscape for decades.
In its second edition, Manar Abu Dhabi returns with a quieter footprint but a deeper resonance. Running until 4 January 2025, the biennial public art exhibition narrows its geographical scope while expanding its conceptual ambition, using light not merely as spectacle, but as language—a medium through which the city’s histories, ecologies, and futures can be re-read.
When Louvre Abu Dhabi announced “Mamluks: Legacy of an Empire”, it signaled far more than another major exhibition—it opened a gateway to one of the most powerful and artistically rich eras in Islamic history. Running from 17 September 2025 to 25 January 2026, the exhibition brings together over 250 masterpieces, revealing the extraordinary legacy of a dynasty that shaped the Middle East and echoed across continents.
When Louvre Abu Dhabi announced “Mamluks: Legacy of an Empire”, it signaled far more than another major exhibition—it opened a gateway to one of the most powerful and artistically rich eras in Islamic history. Running from 17 September 2025 to 25 January 2026, the exhibition brings together over 250 masterpieces, revealing the extraordinary legacy of a dynasty that shaped the Middle East and echoed across continents.
At NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, Ala Younis presents her first West Asia retrospective, Past of a Temporal Universe — a wide-ranging study of how history is performed, rehearsed and continually reshaped.
As the UAE’s cultural capital, Abu Dhabi has spent nearly two decades shaping the region’s creative landscape. This year, Abu Dhabi Art 2025 opened with a sense of both celebration and transition — its final edition before transforming into Frieze Abu Dhabi next year
This year, Manar Abu Dhabi ventures beyond its coastal origins and journeys inland to Al Ain, the city of oases, where art, heritage, and light converge in a poetic celebration of place and meaning.
The Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi is set to open on December 3, 2025, offering visitors an immersive experience that engages all five senses
The Louvre Abu Dhabi continues to offer world-class cultural experiences with its latest exhibition, Post-Impressionism: Beyond Appearances. Running until...
After being held virtually in 2020, Abu Dhabi Art is returning this year with a physical event at the capital city’s Manarat Al-Saadiyat.
The UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, managed to break two new Guinness World Records records, after the first minutes of the new year 2021 received a huge display of fireworks.
Abu Dhabi is all set to have its very own drive-in cinema. The first of its kind in the UAE’s capital, the experience will be set up in partnership with Reel Cinemas at the Yas Marina Circuit.