2025
Title: Seeds of Memory
Dates: 19 - 23 | 11 | 2025 (2 - 9 PM)
Location: Manarat Al Saadiyat - Hall S
Curator: Brook Andrew
Artists: Betty Muffler | Issam Kourbaj | Leila Shirazi | Mohamed Majeed Almubarak | Natalia Papaeva | Nomasmetaforas | Stolon Press | Sa Tahanan Co. | Vincent Namatjira
Premise: Exploring migration as a powerful concept encompassing the movement of water, seeds, animals, cultures, people, and their interconnected histories.
2024
Title: Otra Orilla (Another Shore)
Curators: Odessa Warren | Carine Harmand
Artists: Alia Farid | Emilia Estrada | Francisca Khamis Giacoman | Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez | Mandy El-Sayegh
Premise: Exploring cultural flows and shared histories between the Arab world and Latin America.
2023
Title: Maqam
Curator: Dr. Venetia Porter
Artist: Hashel Al Lamki
Premise: A survey of an evolving practice inspired by roots in Al Ain and the relationship between nature and human presence.
2022
Title: My Life in the Metaverse
Curator: Dr. Omar Kholeif
Artists: Andy Warhol | Celia Hempton | Cory Arcangel | Cream Projects | Farhad Moshiri | Haroon Mirza | Heather Phillipson | Nam June Paik | Paul Heyer | Simon Denny | Sophia Al Maria | Trevor Paglen
Premise: Exploring the historical connections, legacies and influences of Web3 technologies on art today.
2021
Title: Passage
Artist: Nujoom Alghanem
Premise: An immersive video and sound installation exploring displacement and journeying, filmed in the UAE and Venice.
In partnership with Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) and the National Pavilion UAE – La Biennale di Venezia
