{"id":3644,"date":"2023-04-03T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2024-04-19T07:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T07:49:35","slug":"top-art-events-of-the-month-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/top-art-events-of-the-month-april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Art Events of the Month April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top Spots Dubai shares Dubai\u2019s top exhibition openings and cultural events for the month of April 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alserkal Avenue, Ramadan Programming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 1 – 9 April, 7.30 pm onwards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alserkal celebrates the diversity of Dubai with special Ramadan programming. Visitors are invited to stay from iftar until suhoor and celebrate cultural stories through a storytelling series with Shereen Saif, live music, workshops, poetry performances, slow art walks and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit alserkal.online<\/a> to discover Alserkal\u2019s full Ramadan programming.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jameel Arts Centre, Al Jaddaf Waterfront Ramadan Nights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 1 April and 8 April, 9pm – midnight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jameel Arts Centre\u2019s Ramadan Nights programming centres around two special night events designed to suit guests of all ages held on Saturdays April 1 and 8 between 9 pm till midnight. Guests can explore exhibitions, watch short films and discover the centre\u2019s outdoor library space. There are also board games and workshops for adults and children led by local creatives. Dining is available at the centre\u2019s farm-to-fork restaurant, Teible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perrotin, DIFC
XXI, Jeremy Demester Solo\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Until 8 April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perrotin presents the first solo exhibition of the French-Beninese artist, Jeremy Demester, in Dubai. Demester draws influence from archaeology, mythologies, global popular culture and his own Gypsy origins. The artist attempts to reveal the traces of forgotten myths in modern day society through his works on canvas. Demester is best known for his paintings of skies and trees, two simple subjects drawn from nature, that demonstrate the power of metamorphosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firetti Contemporary, Alserkal Avenue
Wood You Rather By Happy?, Jason Middlebrook and Wolfgang Stiller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Until 25 April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This dual exhibition of sculptural works by Jason Middlebrook and Wolfgang Stiller sees the artists engage with the internal and external worlds. Works on display include Stiller\u2019s Matchstickmen series of wooden sculptures of matchsticks with burnt heads. The works have been interpreted as a representation of burnout syndrome. Jason Middlebrook\u2019s wall sculptures are also on view. Middlebrook’s abstract forms on cut and carved tree trunks reflect the artist\u2019s relationship with nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Efie Gallery, Al Quoz
Beyond the Fence Begins the Sky, Isshaq Ismail Solo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Until 29 May <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ghanaian painter Isshaq Ismail\u2019s solo exhibition, Beyond the Fence, Begins the Sky, explores ideas of transcendence and universality that unfold from the African context. Works by the artist were produced during his residency with the gallery. This latest series sees the artist explore notions of repetition and beauty. Figures in various shades of blue exhibit ambivalent moods against utopian backdrops that heighten a sense of the adversities they might face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tabari Artspace, DIFC
Seham, Almaha Jaralla<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

27 April until 1 September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tabari Artspace presents Seham, the solo exhibition of emerging Emirati artist, Almaha Jaralla. For her first solo exhibition at Tabari Artspace, Almaha Jaralla invites the audience to join her on a journey through Abu Dhabi\u2019s constructed and social worlds from the 1980s until the present day. Jaralla has produced a series of mixed media works on canvas that depart from the artist\u2019s own archival family portraits taken in Abu Dhabi during the 1980s. The artist understands these intimate portraits as a window into the essence of the city during a period of rapid social and physical transformation in the Gulf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n