This minimalist white-cube space serves as a gateway to the UAE art scene for accomplished artists from around the world, and vice-versa. Some of them have roots in the Middle East, such as Tehran-born New York resident Sara Rahbar, whose textile art has made it into the British Museum.

Transportation

  • metro: Noor Bank, FGB

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1. Grey Noise

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Since 2008 this contemporary gallery has built up its reputation as a go-to space for experimental and cutting-edge art from the region, South Asia and…

2. Green Art Gallery

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Green Art has been around for more than four decades and played a key role in championing modern Middle Eastern art, including such masters as Fateh…

3. Lawrie Shabibi

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Lawrie Shabibi has energised the local art scene since 2011 by promoting the works of innovative contemporary talent from the Middle East and North Africa…

4. Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde

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This edgy gallery has developed relationships with artists from Europe, Latin America and Africa whose work has some connection to the Middle East. Part…

5. Ayyam Gallery

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With branches at Gate Village and well as here, on the Alserkal Avenue gallery campus in Al Quoz, this top gallery's main mission is to promote emerging…

6. Salsali Private Museum

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Founded by prominent Iranian collector Ramin Salsali, SPM is the first private museum for contemporary Middle Eastern art in the region and has made it…

7. 1x1 Gallery

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With the energetic Malini Gulrajani at the helm, this gallery has brought some of the foremost names in India’s contemporary art scene to Dubai since 2009…

8. Leila Heller Gallery

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This prestigious New York import presents cutting-edge art from emerging and mid-career artists from the Middle East, Central Asia, southeast Asia and…

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