Top Spots Dubai showcases the most anticipated exhibition openings and cultural happenings across the city this August 2025. Featuring contemporary art and immersive experiences, the calendar caters to a wide range of creative tastes. These curated highlights capture the energy and evolving artistry of Dubai’s cultural landscape.
Leila Heller Gallery
“Nature and Form: Sculptural Dialogues Across Time and Place” by Anton Bakker
9th May until 31st August 2025
“I Paint Your Grace, I Paint Your Pain, I Paint Love” by Reza Derakshani
17th March until 15th September 2025
“Upside Down” by Morteza Khazaie
15th April until 15th September 2025
“Bubble Land” by Naeemeh Kazemi
15th April until 15th September 2025
Location: Unit 87, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Rarares Art Gallery
“Elysian Awakening of Powerful Spring” by Sara Serpilli and Marina Baisel
29th April until 31st August 2025
Location: DAMAC Park Towers, DIFC
Perrotin Dubai
“Group Exhibition” by Jean-Marie Appriou, Iván Argote, Daniel Arsham, Sophie Calle, Julian Charrière, Johan Creten, Mathilde Denize, Hans Hartung, Gregor Hildebrandt, JR, Takashi Murakami and Jean-Michel Othoniel
16th April until 1st September 2025
Location: Podium Level Gate Village, DIFC
Carbon 12 Gallery
“Garden of Murmurs” by Malik Thomas Jajil Kyod
31st May until 23rd August 2025
Location: Unit 37, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Firetti Contemporary
“I Put My Bran on Pause!” by Ihab Ahmad
20th June until 20th August 2025
Location: Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Green Art Gallery
“Instruments of Viewing and Obscurity” by Nazgol Ansarinia
31st of May until 30th August 2025
Location: Unit 28, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Ishara Art Foundation
“No Trespassing” by Priyanka Mehra
4th July until 30th August 2025
Location: Unit 3, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Tabari Artspace Gallery
“Tenté par d’autres soleils (Tempted by Other Suns)” by Béchir Boussandel
3rd June until 5th September 2025
Location: Gate Village, DIFC
Volery Gallery
“Mauka to Makai” by Shingo Yamazaki
26th June 2025 until 1st September 2025
Location: Maze Tower, DIFC
Efie Gallery
“Time Heals, Just Not Quick Enough” by Ose Ekore
1st June until 27th September 2025
Location: Unit 2 -Al Khayat Art Avenue, Al Quoz
Aisha Alabbar Gallery
“Architectures of the In-Between: Group Exhibition” by Nevine Hamza, Atefeh Majidi Nezhad and Layla Juma
31st May until 23rd August 2025
Location: Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Lawrie Shabibi
“Everyman’s Mountain” by Omar Al Gurg
31st May until 21st September 2025
Location: Warehouse 21, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Ayyam Gallery
“Wavering Hope” by Kais Salman, Khaled Takreti, Tammam Azzam, Abdalla Al Omari, Othman Moussa, Safwan Dahoul, Thaier Helal, Elias Izoli, Abdul Karim Majdal Al Beik, Mohannad Orabi, Nihad Al Turk, and Yasmine Al Awa
18th June until 5th September 2025
Location: Warehouse 11, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
