Upcoming Events
February 2025

Open Campus Day 2025
Witness the entire campus come alive with music, food, activities, and performances at the inaugural Open Campus Day on Saturday, February 15, 2025.

CURATORS TALK
Hammad Nasar
Curating Nation: Exhibitions as Infrastructures of Difference and Belonging
"Rock, Paper, Scissors: Positions in Play", Hammad Nasar’s project for the UAE’s National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2017), explored play as a framework for embodied practices of belonging.
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