Art in the City

1		VINDEMIA – DUBAI MARINA
	+9714 4270219 \| Sat – Thu 10am - 10pm; Fri 2pm - 10pm \| Jumeirah Beach Residence, Murjan 5, Shop No. 21 \| Art - Collectibles - Antiques
2		ART COUTURE GALLERY – DUBAI MARINA
	+9714 3994331 \| +97150 5525800 \| www.artcoutureuae.com \| Sat – Thu 10am - 9pm; Fri 2pm - 9pm \| 21 Al Fattan Marine Towers II, Opposite Oasis Beach Hotel Dubai “Beyond words – art from the soul” \| Cynthia ‘Reta’ Richards (Canada) 15 Sep – 15 Nov “Art Cure – beyond medicine” \| Cynthia ‘Reta’ Richards (Canada) \| 15 Nov – 15 Jan
3		CARBON 12 – DUBAI MARINA
	+97150 4644392 \| www.Carbon12dubai.com \| info@carbon12dubai.com \| Marina View Towers, Ground Floor, Dubai Marina \| THE International Art Space
4		HA MEEM QUAF MUSEUM – MEADOWS
	+9714 3483873 \| By appointment only \| Meadows 1, St. No. 9, Villa No. 4 Museum of works by M.F. Hussain
5		DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
	www.dubaifilmfest.com \| Madinat Jumeirah \| 11 Dec – 18 Dec
6		TRAFFIC – AL BARSHA
	+9714 3418494 \| www.viatraffic.org \| Al Barsha, next to Corp Boutique Hotel, behind Tamweel \| The region’s first design gallery featuring an extensive array of avant-garde products by world renowned designers
7		MALL OF THE EMIRATES
	Mannu Chabbria Art Centre, Dubai Community Theatre & Art Centre +9714 3414777 \| www.ductac.org \| Sat – Thu 9am - 10pm; Fri 11am - 10pm Gallery - art courses - supplies - musical arts Monde Art +9714 3413001 \| Daily 10am - 10pm \| Made-to-order art & exhibitions by international artists
8		HOUSE OF THE WORLD – UMM SUQEIM RD.
	Head Office +9714 4270441 \| www.houseoftheworld.com \| A living art space, a sanctuary for art lovers “An enchanting journey with house of the world” \| Featuring treasures from around the world \| 15 Sep – 30 Sep “Abstract expressionism by Svein” \| Inspired images of Dubai by Norwegian born, Dutch bred, Australian educated and now Belgium based international artist Svein Koningen \| 1 Oct – 31 Oct “Inspiration!” \| A photographic exhibition by various artists \| 1 Nov – 30 Nov “In the spirit of giving” \| An exhibition of works by home grown talented youth \| 1 Dec – 31 Dec
9		MEEM GALLERY – UMM SUQEIM RD.
	+9714 3477883 \| Sat – Thu 10am - 7pm \| Contemporary Arab and Islamic Art
10		BLACK SHEEP GALLERY – UMM SUQEIM RD.
	+97150 7488639 \| Locally Produced Contemporary Art
11		THE JAM JAR – BEHIND DUBAI GARDEN CENTRE, AL QUOZ
	+9714 3417303 \| www.thejamjardubai.com \| Sat – Thu 10am - 9pm; Fri 2pm - 9pm Art Gallery featuring International Contemporary Art and Urban DIY painting studio for all ages “Soffreh” \| Gita Meh (Iran) \| 6 Sep – 28 Sep “Let’s Talk” \| 5 Pakistani artists in dialogue; Ayaz Jokhio, Ayesha Jatoi, Fahd Burki, Lala Rukh, Mehreen Murtaza \| 8 Oct – 29 Oct “Popular Reality” \| Group show of Indian artists; Apurba Nandi, Dilip Sharma, Gaurvi Sharma, Gigi Scaria, Manil Gupta, Murli Cheeroth, Nandan Ghiya, Pradeep Mishra, PS Josh, Sharmi Chaudhary, Tushar Joag, Vibha Ghalotra, Viveek Sharma, Vivek Vilasini \| 7 Nov – 7 Dec
12		B21 GALLERY – AL QUOZ
	+9714 3403965 \| www.b21gallery.com \| Sat – Thu 11am - 7pm \| Focusing on the emergent and innovative artists of the Middle Eastern region \| 3rd Interchange on Sheikh Zayed Rd. St. 6, Opposite Courtyard & Spinneys warehouse Nargess Hashemi (Iran) \| 10 Sep – 9 Oct Sabah Naim (Egypt) \| 13 Oct – 6 Nov Khosrow Hassanzadeh (Iran) \| 11 Nov – 11 Dec Ramin Haerizadeh (Iran) \| 15 Dec – 15 Jan
13		THE THIRD LINE – AL QUOZ
	+9714 3411367 \| www.thethirdline.com \| Sat – Thu 11am - 8pm \| Contemporary Middle Eastern Art \| St. 6, Exit 43 off Sheikh Zayed Rd., on the street behind Times Square, between the Courtyard and the Spinney’s Warehouse “Roads Were Open/Roads Were Closed” \| Fouad Elkoury, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Tarek Al Ghoussein and Laila Shawa will be featured along with a series of films \| 6 Sep – 2 Oct “Zenith and Nadir” \| Laleh Khorramian \| 9 Oct – 6 Nov “Zan'it Al-Sittat” \| Huda Lutfi \| 13 Nov – 4 Dec Artist still to be advised \| 16 Dec – 8 Jan
14		FOCUS GALLERY – AL QUOZ
	+97150 1501650\| www.focusartgallery.com \| Focus Art Gallery exhibits new works by Middle Eastern and International Artists, with an emphasis on innovation in a variety of media which explore Contemporary Art through the reinvention of an existent culture in the Middle East
15		TOTAL ARTS AT THE COURTYARD – AL QUOZ
	+9714 3475050 \| www.totalart@emirates.net.ae \| Sat – Thu 10am - 1pm and 4pm - 8pm \| Art & interior design \| St. 6, Exit 43, Sheikh Zayed Rd.
15		COURTYARD GALLERY & CAFÉ – AL QUOZ
	+9714 3479090 \| www.courtyardgallerydubai.com \| Sat – Thu 10am - 6pm\| International Art \| St. 6, Exit 43, Sheikh Zayed Rd. “A World of My Own” \| Hoda Baalbaki (Lebanese) \| 13 – 28 October “Women in Art IV” \| Female artists residing in the U.A.E \| 10 – 20 November “Free Motion” \| Nikolaos & Christine Spanos (Greek) \| 1 – 21 December
16		4 WALLS ART GALLERY – AL QUOZ
	+9714 3388892 \| www.4walls-dubai.com \| Sat – Thu 10am - 1pm, 4pm - 7pm \| Their collection of Middle Eastern art is on permanent display in their facility, in addition offering drawing workshops, children and student courses, all supervised by Art Scholars \| 3rd Interchange, Al Quoz, Exit 43, Sheikh Zayed Rd., Behind Gargash used cars Wael Hamadeh (Lebanese) \| 8 Oct – 22 Oct Sherareh Salehi (Iran) \| 8 Nov – 22 Nov Jihad Ameri (Jordan) \| 6 Dec – 20 Dec Calligraphy Exhibition \| Saleh Al Shukairi (Oman) \| 8 Jan – 2 Jan
17		THE FLYING HOUSE – AL QUOZ
	+9714 2653365 \| info@the-flyinghouse.com \| www.the-flyinghouse.com \| By appointment only \| Permanent exhibition of Emirati artists including Hassan Sharif, Hussain Sharif, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Abdul Rahman Al Muaini, Khalil Abdul Wahed, Mohammed Kazem, Fatma Lootah
18		AYYAM GALLERY – AL QUOZ
	+9714 4212548 \| +97150 5785782 \| www.ayyamgallery.com \| Near 3rd interchange, Al Quoz \| Syria's Premiere Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery now in Dubai “Contemporary Syria” \| Various Artists \| 31 May – 31 Sep “Black vs. Color” \| Group exhibition by Syrian artists;Ammar Al-Beik, Asaad Arabi, Khaled Takreti, Nassouh Zaghlouleh, Safwan Dahoul, Yousef Abdelke \| 18 Oct – 30 Nov “Duo from the Vault”\| Paintings & Sculpture \| Around 30 retrospective masterpieces by master artist Mustapha Fathi and 15 monumental sculptures by Mustapha Ali \| 13 Dec – 31 Jan
19		1x1 CONTEMPORARY – AL QUOZ
	+9714 3483873 \| +971 50 6467351 \| www.1x1artspace.com Sculpture \| “Kinetic Sculpture” Biju Joze, “Speaking Stones” N N Rimzon, “Bride of Seven Climes” Vivek Vilasini \| 1 Dec – 31 Dec
20		BASEMENT – AL QUOZ
	+9714 3414409 \| www.basementdubai.com \| Exit 43 Sheikh Zayed Rd., Al Quoz 3 \| A contemporary art gallery exhibiting artworks by emerging and professional artists who specialize in photography, installation, video and sculpture “Uncovered”\| Group Exhibition by international artists \| 25 Aug – 25 Sep “Road” \| Abbas Kiarostami (Iran) \| 06 Oct – 15 Nov Solo Painting Exhibition \| Mostafa Dashti (Iran)\| 17 Nov – 13 Dec “Dreams of Love” \| Einedin sadeghzadeh(Iran)\| 15 Dec – 3 Jan
21		SHOWCASE ANTIQUES, ART & FRAMES – JUMEIRAH BEACH RD.
	+9714 3488797 \| www.showcasedubai.com \| Sat – Thu 9am - 6pm \| Arabic antiques & art, contemporary art & photography
22		1x1 ART GALLERY – AL WASL RD.
	+9714 3483873 \| +971 50 6467351 \| www.1x1artspace.com \| Sat – Thu 11am -8:30pm \| Villa No: 1023 \| Contemporary International Indian market for the exhibition of visual art, primarily painting, installation and sculpture “Gallery Collection of Contemporary Artists from India” \| Alok Bal, Anant Joshi, Dileep Sharma, Jyothi Basu, Murali Cheeroth, Pooja Iranna, Prasanta Sahu, Pratul Dash, Ravi kashi, Sonia Mehra Chawla \| 1 Oct – 31 Oct Collection of works by Bose Krishnamchari, Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Hema Upadhyaya, Justin Ponmany, Riyas Komu, Shibu Nateshan \| 17 Nov – 21 Nov; Art Paris-Abu Dhabi and 23 Nov – 22 Dec; 1x1 Art Gallery
23		THE RED GALLERY – AL WASL RD.
	+9714 3955811 \| www.theredgallery.net \| Daily 10am - 9pm \| Contemporary Vietnamese Art Solo Exhibition \| Dieu Thuy \| 18 Oct – 16 Nov
24		DUBAI LADIES CLUB – JUMEIRAH BEACH PARK, BEACH RD.
	+9714 3499922 Ext 300 \| www.dubailadiesclub.com \| Jumeirah Beach Rd. next to the Jumeirah beach park \| A creative hub for women to nurture their talents through the different art workshops
25		ART HOUSE – AL WASL RD.
	+9714 3448004 \| www.arthousedubai.com \| Daily 10am - 7pm \| Contemporary & traditional art/framing
26		GALLERY 76 @ DUBAI INTL ART CENTRE – BEACH RD.
	+9714 3444398 \| www.artdubai.com \| Sat – Thu 9am - 6pm; Thu till 4pm \| Behind Mercato Mall \| Art Gallery and non profit art centre in all artistic media
27		ART ATTACK GALLERY – DUBAI ZOO, BEACH RD.
	+9714 3449008 \| www.artattackgallery.net \| Art from around the world
28		GREEN ART GALLERY – DUBAI ZOO, BEACH RD.
	+9714 3449888 \| www.gagallery.com \| Villa 23, St. 51 \| Contemporary Art, ME and International artists \| Sat – Thu 10:00am - 9:30pm
29		AQUARIUS – JUMEIRAH PLAZA, BEACH RD.
	+9714 3497251 \| Sat – Thu 10am - 10pm; Fri 4pm - 10pm \| Silk paintings by Harriet Buxton
30		PROFILE GALLERY – JUMEIRAH CENTRE, BEACH RD.
	+9714 3491147 \| Sat – Thu 9am - 9pm; Fri 5pm - 9pm \| Frames and Original art works by International artists
31		DERBY ART GALLERY – HOLIDAY INN CROWNE PLAZA
	+9714 3311047 \| Sat – Thu 10am - 2pm \| Contemporary Indian Art
32		THE SERIGRAPH STUDIO
	F +9714 4218949 \| +97150 7963030 \| www.serigraphstudio.com \| By appointment only \| The Serigraph Studio publishes Art Prints, mainly Serigraphs of established Indian and Middle Eastern artists
33		PORT OF CALL GALLERY – SHEIKH ZAYED RD.
	+9714 3326006 \| +97150 4561508 \| www.portofcallgallery.com \| 10am - 7pm; Closed Thursdays & Fridays \| 4th floor, Al Attar Business Tower, next to DIFC, Sheikh Zayed Rd. \| One of the region’s most exclusive galleries for Art and Antiques from the Orient - Japan, China Myanmar etc \| Private parking can be provided if you call prior your visit.
34		DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE (DIFC)
	Art Space +9714 3325523 \| www.artspace-dubai.com \| Gate Village Bldg. No. 3 \| Middle Eastern Contemporary Art Cuadro Gallery +9714 4250400 \| www.cuadroart.com \| Gate Village Bldg. No. 10 The Empty Quarter +97150 5533879 \| www.theemptyquarter.com \| Gate Village Bldg. No 2 \| Fine Art
35		CHRISTIE’S
	+9714 4255647 \| www.christies.com \| Level 4, Precinct building 5, office 406, DIFC. Please note that viewings and auctions take place in a separate venue: Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel “The Dubai Sale: Jewels & Watches” \| Public viewing: 28 Oct 10am - 10pm; 29 Oct 10am - 4pm \| Auction: 29 Oct 6:30pm “International Modern & Contemporary Art” \| Public viewing: 28 Oct – 29 Oct 10am - 10pm; 30 Oct 10am - 3pm \| Auction: 30 Oct 6:30pm
36		THE MAJLIS GALLERY – BASTAKIYA, AL FAHIDI ROUNDABOUT
	+9714 3536233 \| www.majlisgallery.com \| Sat – Thu 9:30am - 8pm \| Local & international art Suzanna Pejoska\| 29Oct – 12 Nov Nitin Dadrawala\|19Nov – 7 Dec Mohammed Masri\|10Dec – 31 Dec
36		XVA GALLERY – BASTAKIYA, AL FAHIDI ROUNDABOUT
	+9714 3535383 \| www.xvagallery.com \| Sat – Thu 9am - 10pm; Fri 9am - 6pm \| Bohemian Gallery \| Bastakiya, Behind Majlis Gallery, Al Seef Road “Masters print show” \| Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, James Rosenquist, Joan Mitchell, Raza Zen, Richard Serra, Robert Rauschenberg\| 13 Sep – 2 Oct Ardeshir Mohasses & Mohsen Ahmadvand \| 4 Oct – 18 Oct Faisal Samra \| 20 Oct – 13 Nov Jonathan Gent \|15 Nov – 4 Dec Rameshwar Broota & Vasundhara Tewari Broota \| 6 Dec – 8 Jan
36		ART CONNECTION – BASTAKIYA, AL FAHIDI ROUNDABOUT
	+9714 3540304 \| Sat – Thur 8am - 5pm \| artconnectionn@gmail.com
37		ELEMENTA – DUBAI AIRPORT FREE ZONE
	+9714 2990064 \| www.galleryelementa.com \| Warehouse LIU-K-05, Dubai Airport Freezone \| Sat – Thu 12pm - 8pm \| A modern and contemporaryart space that features work by both local and international artists “Beyond Conventions” \| A group show of young & emerging local Emarati artists curated by Maitha Huraiz \| 24 Aug – 25 Sep “Film Stills of the Mind” \| Solo show by Hugo Tillman \| 12 Oct – 22 Nov “Destination Asia” Conversation part 2 \| Featuring works by Central Asian, Indian & Pakistani Artists \| 8 Dec – 10 Jan
38		TASHKEEL – NAD AL SHEBA
	+9714 3363313 \| tashkeel@tashkeel.org \| www.tashkeel.org \| Opp. Nad Al Sheba Police Station, adjoining Nad Al Sheba Clinic, St. 5, Nad Al Sheba 1 \| Tashkeel is an innovative hub for artists & designers, including open-access studios for members and a gallery showcasing contemporary art “27 years of migration” \| Gita Meh (Iran) \| 15 Oct – 13 Nov
		aaUAE
	www.aauae.org
		ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE SOCIETY
	+9714 3539765 \| www.uaeturath.com
		ART DUBAI
	www.artdubai.ae \| International Contemporary Art Fair \| Art Dubai 2009, Madinat Jumeirah \| 18 Mar – 21 Mar
		BAGASH ART GALLERY
	+9714 3515311 \| +9714 3417303 \| www.bagashartgallery.net \| By appointment only \| Contemporary art from India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and the Middle East
		BRITISH COUNCIL
	+9714 3370703 \| www.britishcouncil.org/uae
		DUBAI CULTURE & ARTS AUTHORITY
	800 4003 \| www.cultureartsdubai.ae \| info@cultureartsdubai.ae
		HUNAR GALLERY
	+9714 2862224 \| Sat – Thu 9am - 1pm and 4pm - 8pm; Fridays by appointment hunarart@eim.ae \| Contemporary art from the Arab region
		JUMA AL MAJID HERITAGE & CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTRE
	+9714 2624999 \| info@almajidcenter.org \| www.almajidcenter.org
		OUSHA BINT HUSSEIN CULTURAL CENTRE
	+9714 2611200 \| mouzaghubash@hotmail.com
		START
	+9714 3681128 \| www.startworld.org
		SULTAN BIN AL OWAIS CULTURAL FOUNDATION
	+9714 2243111 \| www.alowaisnet.org
		THINKING CLOUD
	thinkingcloud@gmail.com \| The Thinking Cloud is a regular discussion forum established in the UAE by Sonia Brewin, Director of START and Laura Trelford, Art Dubai to encourage active debate on the contemporary visual arts across the Middle East \| Season two begins in October 2009 and includes events in London, Sharjah and Dubai