Updated: April 12, 2024

What a week! This year, Art Week at Alserkal Avenue welcomed visitors from around the world. We hosted 59 events, 23 exhibitions, 11 Majlis Talks, 10 galleries participating in Art Dubai, 8 pop-up projects, 3 open studios, and one public intervention by Hale Tenger, commissioned by Alserkal Programming.

Featured (in order of appearance):
Hale Tenger, ‘Under’, 2018, mixed media installation. Audio: Serdar Ateşer, Electro/acoustic consultant: Hakan Kurşun (www.pbm.com.tr), Dubbing artist: Ceren Türkmenoğlu. Commissioned by Alserkal Programming.

Kenny Scharf, ‘Inner and Outer Space’. Leila Heller Gallery.
Philip Taaffe. Leila Heller Gallery.
Zak Ové, ‘Star Liner’. Lawrie Shabibi.
Vivek Vilasini, ‘Between One Shore and Several Others’. 1×1 Gallery.
Majlis Talks: Hale Tenger, Zak Ové, Stuart Comer
Fully Booked (pop-up project)
Farhad Moshiri, ‘Close-up’, The Third Line
‘Art & Jewelry’ group exhibition, Custot Gallery Dubai
‘Dubai Plan 2021’ group exhibition, Satellite studio
‘++VIDEO++’ group exhibition, Salsali Private Museum
‘Unpredictable Horizons’, Jean Boghossian. Ayyam Gallery.
‘Space and Place’, Jene Highstein. Jean-Paul Najar Foundation.
‘Unknown Program’, Ali Tnani. Elmarsa Gallery.
‘Visual Dialogue’, curated by Fereydoun Ave (pop-up project)
‘Authentic Marks’ exhibition and workshop by Shaghaf Group (pop-up project)
‘1,102: A Social Experiment’, Abdulrahman Gazzaz (pop-up project)
‘Demolishing buildings, buying waste’ by Nazgol Ansarinia. Green Art Gallery.
‘Cultural Narratives’, Selections Arts (pop-up project)
‘Ishara: Signs, Symbols, and Shared Languages’ group exhibition, Concrete (in partnership with UAE Unlimited)
‘Inhabiting the Grid’, Haleh Redjaian. Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
‘Mouaqat – Temporary’, Hazem Harb (pop-up project/research studio)
‘Umbra’, Gil Heitor Cortesão. Carbon 12.
‘Losers Club’ group exhibition. Grey Noise.
‘Al Doobah’, Ayesha Hadhir/Zayed University (pop-up project)
‘Reclamation Ground’, Serendipity Arts Foundation (pop-up project)