BOUTIQUE ART ADVISORY & CULTURAL PROJECTS · UAE
ART CALENDAR MENA
November 2026
The month's exhibitions, festivals and open calls across
21 countries of the region — from the Louvre Abu Dhabi to the galleries of Beirut, Istanbul and Marrakesh. Selected by ArtLevel, free for everyone who loves art.
HAPPENING THIS NOVEMBER
17–20 NOVEMBER
Frieze Abu Dhabi 2026. The ArtLevel private programme
Four days for a small circle of guests: private collections and residences, Saadiyat museums, meetings with collectors.
Curated by Elen Levitt · Partner, Frieze Abu Dhabi. ArtLevel — official partner of DCT Abu Dhabi.
highlights of november
Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial
- Location: Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, UAE
- 23 October in Al Ain
- 15 November in Abu Dhabi
NOMAD Abu Dhabi
- Location: Terminal 1, Old Abu Dhabi Airport, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- 18–22 November 2026
november 2026
ART calendar of MENA Region:
UAE: Abu Dhabi · Dubai · Sharjah · Permanent collections
For artists: Open calls & residencies
UAE. Abu dhabi
Spices and Wonders: Sailing the Indian Ocean
- Location: Louvre Abu Dhabi
- 14 October 2026 –
14 February 2027
Paul Guiragossian: 100 Years of Art
- Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
- 17 October 2026 - 17 January 2027
LEGO® SHOWS Natural Brickstory
- Location: Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
- 29 August – 8 November 2026
highlights from bassam freiha collection
- Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
- 11 June 2026 – 17 January 2027
Roots Before Petals
- Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
- 17 October 2026 –
17 January 2027
Alfred Basbous: Sculpting the Line
- Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
- From 17 October 2026
Eman Al Hashemi: The Horizon We Inherit
- Location: Iris Projects
- 26 September - 26 November 2026
Bodies that Make, Bodies that Grieve
- Location: Nyuad Art Gallery
- 22 October – 13 December 2026
(Im)Possible Abu Dhabi:An Exploration of the City's Architectural DNA
- Location: Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
- 26 October - 13 November 2026
TRACES OF HOME: Landscape | Memory | Belonging
- Location: Italian Cultural Institute, Abu Dhabi
- 18 November – 29 November 2026
UAE. DUBAI
What We Carry Becomes the Terrain
- Location: Aisha Alabbar Gallery
- 23 September -
7 November 2026
Everybody Changes UnderwaterBy Faris Alshafar
- Location: Aisha Alabbar Gallery
- From 16 November 2026
The Journey | الرحلة: Majd Kurdieh | Solo Exhibition
- Location: Fann A Porter
- 17 October -
30 November 2026
Salah Elmur: Just as the Heart of a Mango is a Stone
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 31 October 2026 -
14 March 2027
Artists’ Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shahdin
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 15 March 2026 -
1 November 2026
2 Shafiq: Nobody Knows For Certain
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 12 November 2026 - 25 April 2027
AZZA AL QUBAISI, BETWEEN LAND AND SEA
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 23 September -
10 November 2026
MANISH NAI, IN SEACH OF MATERIAL, WITHIN MATERIAL
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 23 September -
10 November 2026
KARIMA AL SHOMELY, BETWEEN A FOLD AND A MEMORY
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 23 September -
10 November 2026
The Days GO on: 20 Years of Ayyam Gallery
- Location: Ayyam Gallery
- 16 November 2026 -
1 January 2027
Unveiled: Painting in the Age of Post-Produced Reality
- Location: Dom Art Projects
- Until 10 January 2027
As I Bask in Your Light, it Seeps to My Soul
- Location: Carbon12
- 16 November 2026 - 5 January 2027
Kojo Marfo: Beyond the Visible | JD Malat Gallery X Fynd
- Location: JD Malat Gallery
- 5 - 30 November 2026
The sky held it, the earth remembered
- Location: Ishara Art Foundation
- 11 September 2026 -
15 December 2026
Verapat Sitipol, Stream of the Forest
- Location: Opera Gallery Dubai
- 25 November - 09 December 2026
uae. SHARJAH
Sharjah Film Platform 9 Early Bird Festival Pass
- Location: Al Mureijah Square, Gallery 6
- 30 October –
8 November 2026
Vantage Point 13
- Location: Gallery 2, Photography Gallery, Al Manakh
- 8 August – 29 November 2026
Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial "12"
- Location: Calligraphy Square - Sharjah Art Museum
- 07 October 2026 - 15 November 2026
Permanent Exhibitions in the UAE
Archaeological Finds and Historical Artefacts, narrating the Emirate's rich past
Location: National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Jeddah
Permanent exhibition of artist Safeya Binzagr's works
- Location: Darat Safeya Binzagr Gallery
Dhahran
Oman
Muscat
QATAR
DOHA
Permanent exhibition.
One of the world’s greatest collections of Islamic art
- Location: Museum of Islamic Art (MIA)
Atharna 2025: Unearthing Qatar’s Ancient Textile Factories
- Location: National Museum of Qatar
What Lingers in the Artist Mind
- Location: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
- Until 6 February 2027
Bahrain
Manama
Permanent exhibition dedicated to painting, Arabic calligraphy, sculpture, and engraving
- Location: Busaad Art Gallery
Khuyut al-Hawiya: Threads of Identity
- Location: Albareh Art Gallery
- 20 October, 2026 -
4 November, 2026
Muharraq
Kuwait
Kuwait City
El Marsam: Modern and Contemporary Art from Egypt
- Location: MEI Art Gallery
- 18 September – 11 December 2026
National Day of Palestinian Women
- Location: Contemporary Art Platform (CAP)
- 26 October – 26 November 2026
Yemen
Sana’a
Permanent Exhibition of artifacts from the Islamic States era
- Location: National Museum of Yemen
Lebanon
Beirut
Jean Boghossian
A constant Flame
- Location: Saleh Barakat Gallery
- 6 October - 13 November 2026
Jordan
Amman
Terres en Guerre (Group Show by Raed Issa, Maisara Baroud, Mostafa Ensafi, and Hala Moughanie)
- Location: Dar Al-Anda Art Gallery
- Until 3 November 2026
Syria
Damascus
Lake Effect: Artists from Cleveland Now
- Location: Mustafa Ali Gallery
- July 9, 2026 - December 6, 2026
Palestine
Birzeit
Ramallah
ISRAEL
Tel AVIV
Tom Wesselmann: All Out / From Marie and Jose Mugrabi Collection
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 11 June - 26 December 2026
Vision of the New Bones: Jewish Imaginations after 1940
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 28 May - 28 November 2026
Beyond Small / Miniature Worlds in Contemporary Art
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- Until 12 December 2026
Ohad Meromi
Selected Works From the Gallery's Collection
- Location: Gordon gallery
- October 9, 2026 - November 7, 2026
Sharon Poliakine
What Is Near Becomes Far
- Location: Gordon gallery
- October 8, 2026 - November 7, 2026
Batia Grossbard Selected Works From the 90's
- Location: Gordon gallery
- October 8, 2026 - November 7, 2026
Turkey
Istanbul
Frank Bowling: Creation and Destruction
- Location: Pera Museum
- 29 September 2026 -
31 January 2027
The Photography Studio of An Adventurous Architect. Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982
- Location: Istanbul Research Institute
- until 31 January 2027
Across the Seas
Özer Kabaş and His Times
- Location: Salt Beyoğlu
- 16 September 2026 –
14 March 2027
15 Years at Salt:
Exhibition Posters
- Location: Salt Beyoğlu
- 16 September 2026 –
27 January 2027
Harita ve Topraklar (The Map and The Territory)
- Location: Labirent Sanat
- 3 November 2026 -
2 January 2027
Iran
tehran
EGYPT
Cairo
Permanent Grand Exhibition of Egyptian Heritage
- Location: National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC)
- Permanent Exhibition
Giza
Luxor
Morocco
Marrakesh
Le temps d'un battement de cil
- Location: Musée d’Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden
- 18 September
- 29 November 2026
WHAT WE CARRY: JAMES MISHIO AND KWAKU YARO
- Location: Loft art gallery
- 28 October - 18 December 2026
Casablanca
TUNISIA
Tunis
Sudan
Khartoum
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Malta
Valletta
Permanent exhibition of the national collection
- Location: MUŻA — The National Community Art Museum
Cyprus
Nicosia
Limassol
open calls
Open Call: Spectrum Programme
- Location: Photography Studio at Manarat Al SaadiyatAvant Grade, Al Quoz, Dubai
- Deadline: 30 December 2026
National Grant Program for Creative Spaces
- The National Pavilion UAE, Abu Dhabi
- Deadline: 1 December 2026
ELSEHERE and Yasmine Laraqui Studio
- Location: Casablanca Research & Production Residency 2026
- Deadline: 1 December 2026
BOUTIQUE ART ADVISORY & CULTURAL PROJECTS · UAE
For collectors — Frieze Abu Dhabi private programme
For artists —
UAE Art Market guide (in Russian)
For everyone —
Levitt Art Community and Telegram ARTLEVEL
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