Past Events
February 2025

Who's on Campus?
Robert Kilroy
Materiality in the Museum: Some Thoughts on a Media Postmortem
Please join us in the Reading Room for a talk by Robert Kilroy, an art historian, curator, theorist, and visiting lecturer at the Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi.

"Bygones" Poetry Writing Workshop
Off the Page: The Language of Symbols
Project Space Exhibition Program
Led by artist Aya Afaneh, participants of this workshop will create their own symbols and visual language based on Etel Adnan's "The Arab Apocalypse."
January 2025

"Bygones" Artist Talk
Aysha Hamkari: On the History of Circassian Dance
Project Space Exhibition Program
In this talk, Aysha Hamkari will share information on the Circassian identity and the history of the contemporary Circassian jegu, as well as reflecting on the role of dance and movement today in preserving Circassian culture in diasporas around the world.

"Bygones" Curator Talk
Anita Shishani: It Takes a Village
Project Space Exhibition Program
In this talk, Anita Shishani, the curator of "Bygones," discusses her experience putting together the exhibition and how the curatorial theme came about, as well as the key role of community in putting together such an exhibition.

"Bygones" Writing Workshop
How To Return as if You Never Left: On Writing Homeward Narratives in Diaspora and in Memory
Project Space Exhibition Program
Yesmine Abida will share a selection of her writings as part of the collection titled “return as if you never left,” which is a reflection on her experiences.

The Project Space
Opening Reception: "Bygones"
Curated by Anita Shishani
Anastasia A, Alla Abdunabi, Aya Afaneh, Houssam Ballan, Bady Dalloul, Hala El Abora, Zaina El-Said, Reza Hazare, Syed Hussain, Diana Ishaqat, Pouran Jinchi, Anuar Khalifi, Yoonsik Chico Park, Anita Shishani, and Ansadat Zumsoy.
December 2024

Artist Talk
The Kindom of Jannah: A Conversation with Bu Yousuf, Hosted by Jumairy
For "Between the Tides: A Gulf Quinquennial"
The artist Jumairy, who had the opportunity to visit The Kingdom of Jannah, will share his experience in a personal account titled _The Kingdom of Jannah: A Conversation with Bu Yousuf, Hosted by Jumairy_. This discussion invites the audience to reflect on their perceptions of utopian ideals and the allure of escaping the mundane.

CURATORS TALK
Salwa Mikdadi
November 2024

Arts Chat
Building a Life as an Artist: Opportunities and Challenges
Dana Naidu, Trixie Danielle, Lillian Castillo-Müller, and Chafa Ghaddar
Presented in partnership with the NYUAD Arts Center and NYUAD Career Development Center.

NYUAD Open Campus Day 2024
Production Tour: Between the Tides
Join us for a special behind-the-scenes look at “Between the Tides,” and discover the many aspects of production involved in bringing this exhibition to life.

NYUAD Open Campus Day 2024
Curatorial Tour: Between the Tides
With Maya Allison
Join our Chief Curator Maya Allison for an exclusive tour of the NYUAD Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, "Between the Tides: A Gulf Quinquennial."
Artist Talk
Her Right: A Conversation with Artist Saodat Ismailova
October 2024

Who's on Campus?
Köken Ergun
Please join us in the Reading Room for an artist talk by Köken Ergun, an artist whose output includes film, video installations, and most recently, collaboratively produced animation.

Opening Program: Between the Tides
A Gulf Quinquennial
Join us in celebrating the NYUAD Art Gallery’s 10th anniversary at the opening reception for the exhibition "Between the Tides: A Gulf Quinquennial." This is the first of an ongoing series of exhibitions to be held every five years, surveying artistic voices from across the GCC countries.
September 2024

Opening Reception: Purring Tiger
Join us for the opening reception of Purring Tiger’s "MUJO Installation" in the Project Space. "MUJO" is a dance and live music performance using the sandy desert as the stage, with visuals projected on a large dune in which the dance takes place.
August 2024

Opening Reception
Susan Doe: Entwined
Artist Susan Doe unveils a series of paintings, sculptures, and installations through which she plays with illusions of materiality, making metal threads appear soft and weaving paper to mimic large solid sculptures.
June 2024

CURATORS TALK
Munira Al Sayegh
Exhibitions as Cultural Correctors
"Exhibitions as Cultural Correctors" is a lecture by Munira Al Sayegh where she’ll explore the role of a curator as sociopolitical ambassador.

In Real Time
Artist-led Workshop: Chafa Ghaddar
"Landscape on a Table"
This workshop is led by artist and teacher Chafa Ghaddar, as part of the program for the exhibition "In Real Time", in which her fresco painting is featured.
May 2024

In Real Time
Entrusted Ground
Performance

Opening Reception: MFA Year One Student Exhibition
Pressure Points
Dima Abou Zannad, Bao, Adele Bea Cipste, Hala El Abora, Mowen Li, Jude Maharmah, Safeya Sharif, Danutė Vaitekūnaitė
April 2024

CURATORS TALK
Murtaza Vali
Infrastructure as Method
March 2024

CURATORS TALK
Sabih Ahmed
An Archaeologist in the Middle of an Earthquake

Ramadaniyyat at the Art Gallery 2024
Nujoom Alghanem
Geography in Transformation

Ramadaniyyat at the Art Gallery 2024
Moza Almatrooshi
The Alphabetics of the Baker: The Baker's Letter

Ramadaniyyat at the Art Gallery 2024
In Real Time: Family Art Workshop
February 2024

Opening Reception
The Narrow Path: Glossolalia in Public
Chinasa Ezugha
This exhibition is part of an ongoing research, examining the relevance of glossolalia (speaking in tongues) and seeks to explore the question To what extent does our understanding of glossolalia change according to the context of public aesthetics?

Panel Discussion
The Words of Migration: Language, sounds, and literary narratives
Moderated by Laure Assaf
This conversation moderated by Laure Assaf, will bring together writer and artists to address the words associated with Gulf migration in various languages and the meanings they carry.
January 2024

Open Campus Day 2024
Witness the entire campus come alive with music, food, activities, and performances at the inaugural Open Campus Day on Saturday, January 20, 2024.

NYUAD Open Campus Day 2024
Artist-Led Tour: Horizon
Blane De St. Croix will discuss his artistic practice as he walks you through the different artworks and installations in the exhibition.

NYUAD Open Campus Day 2024
Family Art Workshop
Discover Blane De St. Croix's landscapes and create your own artwork inspired by the 'Blane De St. Croix: Horizon' exhibition at the NYUAD Art Gallery!

Opening Reception
Being Borrowed
On Egyptian Migration to the Gulf
January 11, 5:30 PM
December 2023

CURATORS TALK
Presented with the NYUAD Institute and NPUAE
Faysal Tabbarah
Field Notes from Aridly Abundant Landscapes
Faysal Tabbarah is Curator, National Pavilion UAE, 2023 and Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Architecture, American University of Sharjah

CURATORS TALK
Michele Bambling
Michele Bambling, Senior Director of the Japan Society Gallery in NYC.

Arts Chat
Building a Life as an Artist
Presented in partnership with The NYUAD Arts Center and NYUAD Career Development Center
November 2023

Arts Chat
Balancing Life as an Artist and an Academic
Presented in partnership with The NYUAD Arts Center and NYUAD Career Development Center

Opening Reception
Salted Edges: #islandparadise
Janet Bellotto

CURATORS TALK
Presented in Collaboration with al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art
Suheyla Takesh
Offstage: the Less Visible Facets of Collecting Art
We invite you to: CURATORS TALK, a new series presented by The NYUAD Art Gallery in which curators discuss their distinct approaches to curatorial practice.
October 2023

Opening Reception
Unsettled Accounts
Samuel Mark Anderson, Marzia Balzani and Usman Ahmad, Sohail Karmani, Daungyewa Utarasint
Join us for the opening of “Unsettled Accounts” which gathers work from NYUAD’s “Culture, Rights, and Representation” Research Kitchen that documents unpredictable political and economic circumstances.

Grand Finale Reception
Your Message Could Not Be Delivered
Brídín Clements Cotton, Michael Shiloh

Opening Reception
Blane De St. Croix: Horizon
September 2023

Arts Chat: Juan Souki, Jecca Barry, Mays Albaik
Artist Support: Tools and Structures
Presented in partnership with The NYUAD Arts Center and NYUAD Career Development Center
August 2023

Opening Reception
Your Message Could Not Be Delivered
Brídín Clements Cotton, Michael Shiloh
June 2023

Opening Reception
Symbiotic: Hyperreal
Talal Al Najjar, Ziad Al Najjar
Mark your calendars for the opening of 'Symbiotic: Hyperreal.' This exhibition marks the first duo show for Emirati artists and brothers Talal Al Najjar and Ziad Al Najjar.
May 2023

Family Tour and Youth Guide Workshop
Join us for a tour to discover 'the only constant' and create your comic book-style exhibition guide!

Opening Reception
FLUX
Ciel Arbour-Boehme, Farah Soltani, Fatima Al Romaithi, Sara Alahbabi, Zara Mahmood
April 2023

Exploring Intergenerational Healing and Medicinal Practices
In light of 'the only constant' exhibition at The NYUAD Art Gallery, a part of Ramadaniyyat events
In light of 'the only constant' exhibition at The NYUAD Art Gallery, a part of Ramadaniyyat events
March 2023

Open Campus Day
Witness the entire campus come alive with music, food, activities, and performances at the inaugural Open Campus Day on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Family Tour and Youth Guide Workshop
Families are invited to a tour of _the only constant_ exhibition, followed by a comic book workshop with Illustrator Mohammed Al Shaibani.

Panel Discussion
Performing the City: A Panel Discussion
Please join us on March 4, 2023 at 4:00 PM at The NYUAD Project Space for a panel discussion about 'Performing the City' with the artist Sandra Peters; Mona El-Mousfy, Architect and Architecture Consultant for the Sharjah Art Foundation; and George Katodrytis, Architect and Professor at the American University of Sharjah. The conversation will be moderated by the architect Tala Gharagozlou.
February 2023

Opening Reception
Sandra Peters: Performing the City
Join us for the opening of Sandra Peters' solo exhibition, "Performing the City," at The Project Space.

the only constant
Opening Reception
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Patty Chang, Gil Heitor Cortesão, Sharon Lockhart, Taus Makhacheva, Haroon Mirza, Clifford Ross, Thomas Struth, and Vivek Vilasini

Vinyl DJ Workshop
Join artist James Kelly for a hands on vinyl DJ’ing workshop. Participants will be introduced to DJ equipment such as the turntable and DJ mixer, and learn how to scratch and mix with vinyl records.

Opening Reception
James Kelly: Phonography
Join us for the opening reception of Phonography, which exhibits research carried out by Dr James Kelly looking at vinyl records and their use in music composition, performance, and sound art. The exhibition includes a collection of unusual records which exploit some of the media’s creative potentials and limitations. Depending on the creators intentions, these records are called; dubplates, DJ tools, anti-records and artist recordworks.

Arts Chat
Finding a Voice between Tradition & Contemporary
Presented in partnership with NYUAD Art Gallery and NYUAD Career Development Center
December 2022

Family Sunday Tours
We welcome the whole family to take a journey together through the 'Khaleej Modern: Pioneers and Collectives in the Arabian Peninsula' exhibition. The tour will adapt according to the age groups. The youth guide is most appropriate for ages 8 and above.

Teen Council Event
Khaleej Modern: The Experimental Art Lab
The NYUAD Art Gallery Teen Council invites you to interact with the current exhibition, 'Khaleej Modern: Pioneers and Collectives in the Arabian Peninsula,' in its final week with a curator-led tour on Saturday, December 10, at 4 PM, followed by an art-making workshop inspired by the styles and techniques that the artists on view used.

Opening Reception
Coin-Op: Exploring the Spirit of ’80s and ’90s Arcade Games
Artists: Jonathan Bonner, Steven Doughty, Eric Martin, Jonathan Pettigrew
Opening Reception
November 2022

Reading Epics in the 21st Century
NYUAD LitCW and Theatre Program
NYUAD LitCW and Theatre programs present a talk by Dr. Arshia Sattar, acclaimed translator of the Ramayana.

Film Program and Talk
Bayn Al Khaleej
Curated by Hind Mezaina

Exhibition Tour
Curator-Led Tour of Khaleej Modern
Join The NYUAD Art Gallery's Associate Manager of Curatorial Projects, Tala Nassar, for a tour of the ongoing exhibition 'Khaleej Modern: Pioneers and Collectives from the Arabian Peninsula.'

Arts Chat
Building a life as an artist in the UAE (Part 4)
Presented in partnership with NYUAD Art Gallery and NYUAD Career Development Center

PUBLIC UNVEILING
Christo & Jeanne-Claude Award 2022
Roudhah Al Mazrouei, Gerald Jason Cruz, Jennifer Tsai

Opening Reception
Noura Ali Ramahi: Allow Me Not to Explain

Performance by Boom.Diwan
The Khaleeji Sea Arts: Reviving the Inclusive Tradition of Experimentation in Khaleeji Seafaring Music
Performance by Boom.Diwan, a collaborative jazz ensemble that is inspired by Kuwaiti seafaring music.

Arts Chat
Arts Chat: Exploring Identities in the Arts
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and the NYUAD Career Development Center
October 2022

Book Launch
Sandra Peters: Cut Cube

Opening Reception
Mahmood Al Daoud: The Flow of Stillness
September 2022

Opening Reception
Almaha Jaralla: Shadia
Curated by Hashel Al Lamki

Arts Chat
Arts for All - Creating a Model for Inclusivity
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and the NYUAD Career Development Center

Opening Reception
The Transformative Power of the Anthropocene

Arts Chat
Arts Chat: How to create an evolving community
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and the NYUAD Career Development Center

Opening Reception
Khaleej Modern
Pioneers and Collectives in the Arabian Peninsula
June 2022

Artist Talk: A Continuity of Discontinuity
Artists. Poets. Architects. Dancers. Electricians. Welders. Mother Nature.

Human Flow – a Film by Ai Weiwei
Selected by the artists of "Parthenogenesis"
May 2022

Teen Council Event: Metamorphosis: Collaborate. Negotiate. Let go.
Organized by The NYUAD Art Gallery Teen Council for the exhibition Parthenogenesis

Family Saturday Tour
We welcome the whole family, and the tour will adapt according to the age groups. The youth guide is most appropriate for ages 8 and up.

Curatorial tour of Parthenogenesis with Maya Allison

Arts Chat
Arts Chat: Cultivating an Audience as an Artist
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and the NYUAD Career Development Center
April 2022

Live Performance: Mirroring Medusa
In light of the exhibition Parthenogenesis, a part of Ramadaniyyat

Arts Chat
Arts Chat: Building a Life As An Artist in the UAE (Part 3)
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and the NYUAD Career Development Center