Top Spots Dubai shares Dubai’s top exhibition openings and cultural events for the month of October 2023.
Takshkeel, Alserkal Avenue
Made in Takshkeel 2023 by Takshkeel Group
20th June until 11th October
Ishara Art Foundation, Alserkal Avenue
Only Life, Myriad Places: Sudarshan Shetty
25th August until 9th December
Firetti Contemporary, Alserkal Avenue
MORAL CODES by Josh Rowell
7th September until 7th November
Leaving Is Home by Sawsan Al Bahar
1st October until 1st November
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: Breaking Boundaries II by Diaa Allam, Sawsan Al Bahar, Josh Rowel, Kaikhan Salakhov and Yousra Wahba
1st October until 1st November
Elmarsa Gallery, Alserkal Avenue
Brush Strokes & Perspectives – A Journey Through Interconnected Passages of Non-Figurative Art by Abdelkader Guermaz, Asma M’naouar, Chafic Abboud, Hedi Turki, Leopoldo Torres-Aguero, Mahjoub Ben Bella, Mohamed Khadda and Nasser Assar
6th September until 28th October
XVA Gallery Dubai, Al Fahidi Neighboorhood
Moving Art Exhibition from South Africa to the Middle East by Oussama Garti, Barbara Wildenboer, Jakob Roepke, Halim Al Karim, Richard Ketley, Mahmoud Hamadani, Yoshihiko Tsutsumi and Imran Channa
7th September until 19th October
Green Art Gallery, Alserkal Avenue
Memory is the Seamstress by Hangama Amiri, Cian Dayrit, Melissa Joseph, Lebohang Kganye, Jagdeep Raina and Raed Yassin
18th September until 3rd November
Grey Noise, Alserkal Avenue
Arodo Art Exhibition by Karolina Krasouli
18th September until 7th November
Carbon 12, Alserkal Avenue
Yours or Mine? Duo Exhibition by Olaf Breuning & Edgar Orlaineta
18th September until 1st November
Ayyam Gallery, Alserkal Avenue
Unsuspecting State by Abdalla Al Omari
18th September until 18th November
Opera Gallery, Atlantis The Royal
Larger-than-life by Fernando Botero
20th September until 6th October
Opera Gallery, DIFC
Tremble by Lita Cabellut
4th October until 18th October
Leila Heller Gallery, Alserkal Avenue
Unyielding Essences: “A Feminine Odyssey Through Matter and Soul” by Leila Pazooki
21st September until 10th November
I Guess I Am Still Angry by Ali Cha’aban
28th September until 10th November
A 60 Year Retrospective by Jehangir Vazifdar
28th September until 10th November
Woodcut Prints, 1981 to 1987 by Farideh Lashai
28th September until 14th November
Perrotin, DIFC
Group Show by Jeremy Demester, Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux, Gerard Schneider, Georges Mathieu, Jason Boyd Kinsella
21st August until 15th October (extended)
1×1 Art Gallery, Alserkal Avenue
MULTIVERSE Klove by Prateek Jain & Gautam Seth
28th September until 10th November
Jameel Arts Centre, Jaddaf Waterfront
Some Seasons: Fereydoun Ave and the Laal Collection, 1959 – 2019
27th September until 23rd March 2024
The Third Line, Alserkal Avenue
Prolepsis by Sahand Hesamiyan
28th September until 3rd November
Volte Art Projects, Alserkal Avenue
To See a World in a Grain of Sand by Shambhavi Singh
28th September until 27th October
Zawyeh Gallery, Alserkal Avenue
The Front Side Strikes the Most by Saher Nassar
28th September until 30th December
Efie Gallery, Al Quoz
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “INTERwoven TEXTures” by Victor Ekpuk
28th September until 21st November
Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children, Umm Suqeim
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Transmedial Exhibition” by Dubai Culture collaboration with The Dubai Collection, Art Dubai and Etihad Museum.
1st October until 31st October
Al Safa Art & Design Library, Jumeirah 3
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: ‘Adorned by Calligraphy” by Dubai Culture collaboration with The Dubai Collection, Art Dubai and Etihad Museum
1st October until 31st October
Art World Creations (AWC) Gallery, DIFC Gate Avenue
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Calligraphy Redefined: A Perspective In Play” by Dubai Culture collaboration with The Dubai Collection, Art Dubai and Etihad Museum
1st October until 31st October
Boccara Gallery, DIFC Gate Avenue
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Twisted Perception” by Ghaleb Hawila
1st October until 31st October
Building 6, Dubai Design District
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Connecting Cultures and Posters Visual Language” by Dubai Culture collaboration with The Dubai Collection, Art Dubai and Etihad Museum
1st October until 31st October
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “The Quranic Encyclopedia, Emission of Language, Fusion and Galaxy” by Mattar Bin Lajej
1st October until 31st October
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Passage to Promise” by Victor Ekpuk
1st October until 31st October
Etihad Museum, Al Mina
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Dubai International Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition (DIACE)” by Dubai Culture collaboration with The Dubai Collection, Art Dubai and Etihad Museum
1st October until 31st October
Foundry, Downtown
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Unwritten, Unspoken & Told” by Dubai Culture collaboration with The Dubai Collection, Art Dubai and Etihad Museum
1st October until 31st October
Khawla Art Gallery, Dubai Design District
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Transcending Calligraphy: Beyond Letters and Symbols” by Rachid Koraichi and Bahman Panahi
1st October until 31st October
Level Shoes, Downtown
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “F.I.T – Fashion in Typography” by Amna Sahem
1st October until 31st October
Mondoir Art Gallery, Downtown
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: INFINITE – The limitless possibilities of Arabic calligraphy and Technology by Diaa Allam
1st October until 31st October
The Cultural and Scientific Association, Al Mamzar
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “Classical Calligraphy” by Dubai Culture collaboration with The Dubai Collection, Art Dubai and Etihad Museum
1st October until 31st October
Visitor Centre Al Shindagha Museum, Shindagha
The Dubai Calligraphy Biennale Exhibition: “The History of Arabic Calligraphy in the United Arab Emirates” by Dubai Culture collaboration with The Dubai Collection, Art Dubai and Etihad Museum
1st October until 31st October
