Updated: February 14th 2023
Top Spots Dubai has rounded up Dubai’s top exhibition openings for the month of February 2023.
Tales Under The Gate, DIFC Sculpture Park, Gate building
Until 30 September, 2023
DIFC has transformed into an open-air art gallery with the return of the DIFC Sculpture Park. Visitors can expect modern and futuristic public sculptural works by established and emerging artists from across the globe. Visitors can navigate Salvador Dali’s surrealism as well as monumental installations and sculptures by Anthony James and Lorenzo Quinn and pop artworks by Jeff Koons.
Jameel Arts Center, Jaddaf Waterfront
An Ocean In Every Drop, Group Exhibition
Until April 3, 2023
This group exhibition brings together artworks from around the globe that explore human relationships to water. The show highlights the importance of water as a force that unites trade, history, culture, language and social relations.
Tabari Artspace, DIFC
Land Survey, Bechir Boussandel Solo
Until 27 February
Franco-Tunisian, Bechir Boussandel’s vibrant large-scale paintings raise questions relating to identity. Boussandel’s compositions often combine motifs absorbed from ornamentation and the miniature portrait.
Leila Heller, Alserkal Avenue
Solo Exhibitions: Arash Nazari, Behrang Samadzadegan, and Lorenzo Quinn
Until 25 February
Arash Nazari
Self-taught Iranian artist, Arash Nazari has produced works that are heavily influenced by Persian Miniature Art. In his paintings, he brings to notice the contrast between, the unique classical art of miniature in opposition to colour tones from contemporary minimalist art.
Behrang Samadzadegan
Iranian artist Behrang Samadzadegan has produced works on canvas that reveal a distorted rendition of the history of his nation, which is not based upon a historical testimony. Subsequently, the exhibition is titled ‘The Missing Witness’.
Lorenzo Quinn
‘Now and Forever’ is a collection of Italian sculptor, Lorenzo Quinn’s, unseen and historic artworks. Behind his artworks, lies the philosophy that everything we say and do in life has a ripple effect and forever alters the course of events.
Perrotin, DIFC
Secondary Market Group Exhibition
Until 25 February
The newly opened Perrotin Dubai is the gallery’s seventh global location with other sites in Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and New York. The inaugural show saw the gallery present a curated group show of primary market works by artists represented by the gallery and secondary market pieces. Expect big-name artists like Yayoi Kusama, Damien Hirst, and Takashi Murakami amongst others.
XVA, Al Fahidi Neighborhood, Bur Dubai
Witnessing Us, Solimar Miller Solo
Until 6 March
“Witnessing us” reflects the artist’s desire to connect with the natural world and to examine the connection between humans and their environment. Miller’s drawings, paintings, photography, and silkscreen artworks document the wild botanicals as living witnesses of Earth.
The Thirdline, Alserkal Avenue
Gut Feelings: Part II, Hayv Kahraman Solo
6 February – 24 March
Painter Hayv Kahraman presents a series of new paintings and drawings that continue her ongoing scientific research and exploration into the effects of trauma on the body and the role of the gut in our healing process.
Efie, Al Quoz
The Art of Advocacy, Aida Muluneh
Until 24 February
The Art of Advocacy is Ethiopian photographer Aïda Muluneh’s first solo exhibition with Efie Gallery in Dubai. The artist is known for her powerful staged photographs that capture the realities and fictions of postcolonial Africa.
Volte, Alserkal Avenue
Temporal Twists: A Subversive Metalogue, Sheba Chhachhi Solo
Until 15 March
Temporal Twists charters Sheba Chhachhi’s oeuvre that spans four decades. Featured works include photographs, photo-video installations, and the artist’s signature animated lightboxes. Chhachhi’s art offers up meditations on questions about gendered bodies, subaltern histories, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.
