Past Events
May 2022
Curatorial tour of Parthenogenesis with Maya Allison
Arts Chat: Cultivating an Audience as an Artist
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and NYUAD Career Development Center
April 2022
Live Performance: Mirroring Medusa
In light of the exhibition Parthenogenesis, a part of Ramadaniyyat
Arts Chat: Building a Life As An Artist in the UAE (Part 3)
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and NYUAD Career Development Center
March 2022
Arts Chat: Defining Your Artistic Practice
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and NYUAD Career Development Center
February 2022
Arts Chat: Finding a voice between tradition and contemporary
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and NYUAD Career Development Center
January 2022
Discover Modernisms – A Scavenger Hunt
Presented by The NYUAD Art Gallery Teen Council
December 2021
Geographies of Modernism: Considering the modern through India, Iran, and Turkey
Organized in partnership with the Institute at NYU Abu Dhabi
November 2021
Arts Chat: Building a Life as an Artist in the UAE (Part 2)
Presented in partnership with The Arts Center at NYUAD and NYUAD Career Development Center
October 2021
Arts Chat: Developing Networks in the Arts
Presented in partnership with The NYUAD Arts Center and NYUAD Career Development Center
Arts Chat: Collaborating Across Cultures
Presented in partnership with The NYUAD Arts Center and NYUAD Career Development Center
September 2021
Arts Chat: Innovating & Adapting to a Changing World in the Arts
Presented in partnership with The NYUAD Arts Center and NYUAD Career Development Center
July 2021
The NYUAD Art Gallery Teen Council Present’s
Togetherness from Afar
June 2021
Navigating Digital Identities
Bias and Inequity in the Digital Space
A conversation with Zach Blas and Safiya Noble
Representing Humanity in Virtual Reality
Representing Humanity in Virtual Reality
A conversation with Cao Fei and Hoda AlKhzaimi
An Oral History of the Early Internet: After 40 years of cyberspace, what is left of the utopian dream?
The event series is sponsored by NYUAD Art Gallery and part of the programming around the Gallery‘s current exhibition “not in of along or relating to a line."
May 2021
Navigating Digital Identities
Translation, Bodies, and Paratexts
A conversation with Lee Blalock and Dima Ayoub
April 2021
Navigating Digital Identities
The Histories We Create
A conversation with David Wrisley and Maryam Al Hamra
Join a conversation with Professor David Wrisley (NYUAD Associate Professor of Digital Humanities), and Maryam Al Hamra (Director and Head Researcher of the AlHamra National Museum, located, invisibly, on AlHamra).
Arts Chat: Building a Life as an Artist in the UAE
Presented in partnership with the NYUAD Career Development Center and The NYUAD Arts Center
March 2021
Arts Chat: Sustaining Creativity During the Pandemic
Presented in partnership with the NYUAD Career Development Center and The NYUAD Arts Center
February 2021
Arts Chat: Producing Creative Work During Times of Crisis
Presented in partnership with the NYUAD Career Development Center and The NYUAD Arts Center
January 2021
Virtual Opening Reception
not in, of, along, or relating to a line
a virtual zoom gathering with the curators and artists
November 2020
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: The Beginning
a community conversation with six founders: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Antonia Carver, Sunny Rahbar, Munira Al-Sayegh, Rami Farook, and Maya Allison, co-moderated by Bana Kattan
a community conversation with six founders: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Antonia Carver, Sunny Rahbar, Munira Al-Sayegh, Rami Farook, and Maya Allison, co-moderated by Bana Kattan
October 2020
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: Slavs and Tatars
A virtual reunion with the art collective Slavs and Tatars and Anthony Downey
A virtual reunion with the art collective Slavs and Tatars and Anthony Downey
September 2020
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: Diana Al-Hadid: Phantom Limb
A virtual studio visit with Diana Al-Hadid
A virtual studio visit with Diana Al-Hadid
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: Invisible Threads
A Curator-Artist Reunion with Bana Kattan, Scott Fitzgerald, and Heather Dewey-Hagborg
A Curator-Artist Reunion with Bana Kattan, Scott Fitzgerald, and Heather Dewey-Hagborg.
August 2020
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: But We Cannot See Them: Tracing a UAE Art Community, 1988-2008
a Zoom Gathering with artists of the first generation of the UAE’s conceptual, experimental art scene
a Zoom Gathering with artists of the first generation of the UAE’s conceptual, experimental art scene
July 2020
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952-1965
a conversation with Lynn Gumpert, Melissa Rachleff, and Maya Allison
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: Permanent Temporariness
a zoom roundtable with artists Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, and curators Salwa Mikdadi and Bana Kattan, moderated by Maya Allison
a zoom roundtable with artists Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, and curators Salwa Mikdadi and Bana Kattan, moderated by Maya Allison
June 2020
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: Ways of Seeing
a roundtable with curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, and Directors of the Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain and The NYUAD Art Gallery
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: ZIMOUN
a new performance for headphones, in the dark
For this reunion, Zimoun will premiere a new audio performance, specifically for our online audience.
May 2020
TRACE: Archives and Reunions
Tracing: Speculative Landscapes
with Areej Kaoud, Ayman Zedani, Jumairy, Raja’a Khalid
April 2020
In Light of COVID-19: What Looks Different Now?
A virtual roundtable exploring interconnection across disciplines
Featuring artist Amar Kanwar, scholars and practitioners, and Associate Director and Curator of Ishara Art Foundation Sabih Ahmed.
March 2020
Exhibition Program [Main Gallery]
Conversation in The Commons
We invite you to an open-ended conversation with Dr. Remy Shanker
Join us and Dr. Remy Shanker, Wellness Program Specialist at NYU Abu Dhabi, in The Art Gallery Commons for a casual and intimate conversation.
February 2020
Exhibition Program [Main Gallery]
Conversation in The Commons
We invite you to an open-ended conversation with Ezra Rashkow
Join us and Ezra Rashkow, Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University (USA), in The Art Gallery Commons for a casual and intimate conversation.
Opening Reception [Project Space]
Intimaa: Belonging
UAE Unlimited
Curated by Emirati arts researcher Nasser Abdullah, "Intimaa: Belonging" will feature new commissions by UAE-based emerging artists who question their place in an era of globalization and how society has formed a unified existence that can be referred to as a ‘universal identity’.
Exhibition Program [Main Gallery]
Conversation in The Commons
We invite you to an open-ended conversation with Dr. Remy Shanker
Join us and Dr. Remy Shanker, Wellness Program Specialist at NYU Abu Dhabi, in The Art Gallery Commons for a casual and intimate conversation.
Exhibition Program [Main Gallery]
Conversation in The Commons
We invite you to an open-ended conversation with Dr. Remy Shanker
Join us and Dr. Remy Shanker, Wellness Program Specialist at NYU Abu Dhabi, in The Art Gallery Commons for a casual and intimate conversation.
January 2020
Opening Reception [Main Gallery]
Amar Kanwar: The Sovereign Forest
in collaboration with Sudhir Pattnaik/Samadrusti, and Sherna Dastur
The NYUAD Art Gallery presents "The Sovereign Forest" in a groundbreaking collaboration with Ishara Art Foundation which hosts Kanwar’s solo project "Such a Morning" from January 20 – May 20, 2020.
Project Space Opening
Saidi Ali Nasser Sowafy: Ugandan Splendor – Imagining Home and History
Saidi Ali Nasser Sowafy’s paintings immerse audiences in richly symbolic visual representations of 20th-century Ugandan village cultural and social life.
December 2019
Family Saturday Tour - December 7th
The Family Saturday Tour is specifically aimed to give parents the opportunity to explore Zimoun's work with children between the ages of 3-14.
November 2019
Family Saturday Tour - November 30th
The Family Saturday Tour is specifically aimed to give parents the opportunity to explore Zimoun's work with children between the ages of 3-14.
Opening Reception
Go Back to Move Forward
Curatorial Class Exhibition
"Go Back to Move Forward" presents artworks by thirteen artists who grapple with an unsettling past, a turbulent present, and an imagined future. These artists navigate the socio-political landscapes of the Arab world and reimagine reality through collective memory.
Exhibition Program
LEiLA1:003 - An Artist Talk by Jumairy
“LEiLA1:003" celebrates our technology and the relationship we have with the devices that accompany us in our every-day life.
Family Saturday Tour - November 23rd
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
Family Saturday Tour - November 16th
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
Exhibition Program
LEiLA1:003 - An Artist Talk by Jumairy
"LEiLA1:003" celebrates our technology and the relationship we have with the devices that accompany us in our every-day life.
Family Saturday Tour - November 9th
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
Opening Reception
Moments in Their Time...
Arts Faculty: The Exhibition 2019
"Moments in Their Time..." offers a small glimpse into concepts, methods and styles our faculty artists continue to explore in larger scale projects, locally and internationally. Curated by Awam Ampka
Family Saturday Tour - November 2nd
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
October 2019
Exhibition Program
LEiLA1:003 - An Artist Talk by Jumairy
"LEiLA1:003" celebrates our technology and the relationship we have with the devices that accompany us in our every-day life.
GLIMPSES 2019: The Art of Science / Opening
The Project Space
A unique, immersive, and multi-sensory exhibition, "GLIMPSES" explores the interplay between science and art.
Family Saturday Tour - October 26th
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
Exhibition Program
A Cure for Wellness
Part of the film series, "On Wellbeing Economies"
Presented at Cinema Akil, Dubai.
Family Saturday Tour - October 19th
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
Exhibition Program
The Cleanse
Part of the film series, "On Wellbeing Economies"
NYUAD Arts Center Screening Room, B101
Exhibition Program
LEiLA1:003 - An Artist Talk by Jumairy
Speculative Landscapes, NYUAD Art Gallery
"LEiLA1:003" celebrates our technology and the relationship we have with the devices that accompany us in our every-day life.
Family Saturday Tour - October 12th
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
Family Saturday Tour - October 5th
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
September 2019
Family Saturday Tour - September 28th
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
Opening Reception
Laura Schneider: Thymesis
Join us in the Project Space for the opening reception for "Thymesis: Laura Schnieder." This exhibition features an "earliest memory" archive, old family photographs, mixed media drawings, and incorrect illustrations of the natural world.
Family Saturday Tour - September 21st
Take your family on a journey through the exhibition and explore the artists’ works with our Young Person’s Guide to level up your children’s visual skills. For Families with children between the ages of 3-12.
Opening Reception: Speculative Landscapes
This exhibition takes viewers into the imagined worlds of four UAE-based artists: Areej Kaoud, Ayman Zedani, Jumairy, and Raja’a Khalid, who share a speculative practice, extrapolating imagined worlds within existing ones.
June 2019
OPENING RECEPTION
Rand Abdul Jabbar: Earthly Wonders, Celestial Beings
Join us on Tuesday, June 11th at 5:30pm in the Project Space for the opening reception for "Earthly Wonders, Celestial Beings: Rand Abdul Jabbar."
May 2019
Zimoun: Book Launch and Suhoor
Join a conversation around publishing artist monographs
Family Saturday Tour - BOOKED FULL
The Family Saturday Tour is specifically aimed to give parents the opportunity to explore Zimoun's work with children between the ages of 3-14.
Family Saturday Tour - May 4th
The Family Saturday Tour is specifically aimed to give parents the opportunity to explore Zimoun's work with children between the ages of 3-14.
April 2019
Commissioning the Emerging Artist
with panelists Ayesha Hadhir, Mona Ayyash, Maya Allison, and Laura Metzler
A panel of artists, curators, and institutions will discuss what it means to commission a new artwork? This event is presented in collaboration with UAE Unlimited.
Family Saturday Tour - April 27th
The Family Saturday Tour is specifically aimed to give parents the opportunity to explore Zimoun's work with children between the ages of 3-14.
Career Conversations: The Museum
with special guest Manal Ataya, Director-General, Sharjah Museums Authority
This new conversation series invites university students and young professionals to learn about opportunities in the Fine Arts.
Family Saturday Tour - April 13th
The Family Saturday Tour is specifically aimed to give parents the opportunity to explore Zimoun's work with children between the ages of 3-14.
Guided Exhibition Tour - April 10th
Led by an NYUAD Art Gallery Docent
Learn about Zimoun's work in a guided tour through the exhibition. Led by an NYUAD Student docent or a team member of the NYUAD Art Gallery.
Guided Exhibition Tour - April 4th
Led by an NYUAD Art Gallery Docent
Learn about Zimoun's work in a guided tour through the exhibition. Led by an NYUAD Student docent or a team member of the NYUAD Art Gallery.
March 2019
Family Saturday Tour - March 30th
The Family Saturday Tour is specifically aimed to give parents the opportunity to explore the exhibition with children between the ages of 3-14.
Guided Exhibition Tour - March 21st
Led by an NYUAD Art Gallery Docent
Learn about Zimoun's work in a guided tour through the exhibition. Led by an NYUAD Student docent or a team member of the NYUAD Art Gallery.
Coffee with a Curator: Bana Kattan
Maya Allison, Chief Curator of the NYUAD Art Gallery, would like to invite you to an informal discussion with former NYUAD Art Gallery curator and MCA Barjeel Global Fellow, Bana Kattan.
Guided Exhibition Tour - March 12th
Led by an NYUAD Art Gallery Docent
Learn about Zimoun's work in a guided tour through the exhibition. Led by an NYUAD Student docent or a team member of the NYUAD Art Gallery.
Opening Reception in the Project Space
Crossings and Corridors: Linda Adele Goodine and Saba Qizilbash
On view March 10th-26th, “Crossing and Corridors", features the work of Saba Qizilbash and Linda Adele Goodine, two artists who deal with harsh geopolitical realities in their work, through widely different methods.
February 2019
Opening: ZIMOUN
Zimoun constructs extraordinary, immersive sensory experiences using lo-fi technology, to create chaos from underlying systems of order. Curated by Maya Allison, Chief Curator at NYU Abu Dhabi, this landmark survey will mark the first time the artist has exhibited his work in the Gulf
January 2019
Opening Reception: SURVIVAL
Imagine Science Film Festival
"Survival" explores ubiquitous urban surveillance, the mysteries of machine perception, and AI algorithmic observation of the end of the world. What will survival mean for us in the near future?