Top Spots Dubai highlights the season’s most anticipated exhibition openings and cultural happenings across the city this December 2025. From contemporary art displays to immersive large-scale installations, the lineup caters to a wide range of creative interests. Each feature captures the dynamic energy and ever-evolving character of Dubai’s cultural landscape.
DIFC Sculpture Park
“Enduring Forms” by DIFC Sculpture Park – 4th Edition
26th November until 26th April 2026
Location: DIFC
Leila Heller Gallery
“Crowns & Leaves” by Reza Derakshani
25th October until 5th December 2025
“The Wild Within” by Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell
11th November until 8th January 2026
“Stories In Thousand Pieces” by Parinaz Eleish Gharagozlou
11th November until 14th January 2026
Location: Unit 87, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Jameel Arts Centre
“The Bouquet and the Wreath” by Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
6th November until 8th March 2026
Location: Jaddaf Waterfront
Ishara Art Foundation
“Prix Pictet Storm” by akashi Arai, Marina Caneve, Tom Fecht, Balazs Gardi, Roberto Huarcaya, Alfredo Jaar, Belal Khaled, Hannah Modigh, Baudouin Mouanda, Camille Seaman, Laetitia Vançon and Patrizia Zelano
17th October until 13th December 2025
Location: Warehouse 03, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Rarares Art Gallery
“Shifted Diagonal” by Ruslan Gudiev
26th November until 25th January 2026
Location: DAMAC Park Towers, DIFC
Carbon 12 Gallery
“All That Is Solid” by Gil Heitor Cortesao
16th November until 8th January 2026
“Art Basel Miami Beach 2025” by Nour Malas
5th December until 7th December 2025
Location: Unit 37, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Firetti Contemporary
“Moments of Hope” by Besher Koushaji
17th November until 12th January 2026
Location: Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Green Art Gallery
“Domestic Compositions” by Kamrooz Aram
16th November – 10th January 2026
Location: Unit 28, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Tabari Artspace Gallery
“Fertile Dreams” by Group Exhibition
9th November until 2nd January 2026
Location: Gate Village, DIFC
ICD Brookfield Place
“High Spirits” by Nasser Almulhim
5th November – end date TBA
Location: Summer Garden, DIFC
Volery Gallery
“When the Eternal Breaks Through” by Cindy Bernhard
3rd December until 16th December 2025
“Flytrap Anthology” by Kwang Hyun Kim
17th December until 13th January 2026
Location: Maze Tower, DIFC
Aisha Alabbar Gallery
“Whispers of the Past at Sotheby’s” by Samar Hejazi, Khalid Al Banna, Najat Makki, Sara Al Haddad and Sara Ahli
11th September until 16th December 2025
“Marks of Return” by Salma Dib
16th November until 7th January 2026
Location: Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Ayyam Gallery
“The Fire’s Edge” by Ali Kaaf
16th November 2025 until 10th January 2026
Location: Warehouse 11, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Zawyeh Gallery
“Homelessness” by Mohammed Joha
16th November until 11th January 2026
Location: Warehouse 27, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
The Third Line
“The Only Way Out Is Through: The Twentieth Line” by Shumon Basar
18th September until 28th December 2025
Location: Warehouse 78, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Efie Gallery
“The Shape of Things to Come” by Dexter Wimberly
11th October until 10th January 2026
Location: Warehouse 61, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Perrotin
“What Remains” by Daniel Arsham
30th October until 10th January 2026
Location: Gate Village, DIFC
Taymour Grahne Projects
“The Sun Years” by Matthew Fisher
21st November until 6th January 2026
“Monochromes” by Amy Lincoln
21st November until 6th January 2026
Location: Warehouse 31A, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Gallery Isabelle
“Improvisations” by Fereydoun Ave, Raana Farnoud and Shaqayeq Arabi
16th November until 31st December 2025
Location: Warehouse 17, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Grey Noise
“The Importance of Staying Quiet” by Lala Rukh II
16th November until 17th January 2026
Location: Warehouse 24, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
XVA Gallery
“Riposte” by Tor Seidel
15th November until 11th December 2025
Location: Al Fahidi Neighborhood
Waddington Custot Gallery
“The Day May Break Chapter Four: The Echo of Our Voices” by Nick Brandt
13th November until 23rd December 2025
Location: Warehouse 84, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
