Past Events
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?

Opening Reception: Design Works
"Design Works" offers an overview of the body of in-house visual design work by students and faculty at NYUAD from 2012 to present.
December 2018

Opening Reception in the Project Space
Plastic Fantastic
"Plastic Fantastic" features work from more than 30 artists, created in reaction to the insidious nature of our reliance on plastic.
November 2018

Opening Reception for David Darts: Discomfort
Join us for the opening reception for "David Darts: Discomfort". Dart uses sculpture and designed objects to provide spaces for critical reflection and social critique.

Opening Reception: Putting for Pleasure and Politics
"Putting for Pleasure and Politics" features artist-designed mini golf holes in a playable sculpture garden, each exploring a contemporary social issue. Curated by David Darts.
October 2018

Artist Talk: Ammar Al Attar
Please join Dale Hudson and Alia Yunis in a discussion with Emerati artist Ammar Al Attar about his photographs of cinemas in the UAE.

Curator Tour with Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
In connection with "Ways of Seeing"
Join us for a tour led by curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath

Opening Reception: Cinemas in the UAE
Join us for the opening reception for "Cinemas in the UAE" on Sunday October 21st, 6pm in the Project Space
September 2018

Community Read
The Great Gatbsy by F. Scott Fitzgerald
presented by the Arts Center in collaboration with Electra Street Publications, Airport Road, and NYUAD Art Gallery

Opening Reception: الإبادة - Alibadah
The NYUAD Art Gallery invites you to the Opening Reception for _*الإبادة - Alibadah*_ on Wednesday September 26th from 6-8pm in the Project Space.

Artist Talk with Kim Robertson
in connection with Constructions of Reality
Tour the exhibition "Constructions of Reality" with the artist Kim Robertson as she discusses her practice, processes and motivation behind her work.

Artist Talk with Choreographer, Lucinda Childs & NYUAD Art Gallery Director Maya Allison
a collaboration with the Arts Center
In connection with "Ways of Seeing" we invite you to a conversation with Choreographer Lucinda Childs and NYUAD Art Gallery Director Maya Allison.

Opening Reception: Ways of Seeing
Join us for the Opening Reception for "Ways of Seeing" in the Main Gallery. Curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath will be present.

Opening Reception, Kim Robertson: Constructions of Reality
Join us for the Opening Reception for " Kim Robertson: Constructions of Reality" in the Project Space. The artist will be present.
June 2018

Opening Reception: Symphoniae
"Symphoniae" is an exhibition of Elizabeth Dorazio’s recent works which evoke a kind of permanent movement that arises from their cohesive and vibrant parts and the dynamic interactions between them.
May 2018

Film Screening: "A World Not Ours"
by Mahdi Fleifel
"A World Not Ours" is a passionate, bittersweet account of one family's multi-generational experience living as permanent refugees. Presented in collaboration with Reel Palestine

Exhibition Tour: Permanent Temporariness
Join us on Wednesday, May 9th at 6pm for an Exhibition Tour of "Permanent Temporariness: Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti" led by co-curator Bana Kattan.
April 2018

Lecture & Conversation: Global Art History and Graduate Studies
Edward J. Sullivan, the Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of Art History at New York University, will present a comparative account the ways in which the arts in the Americas were modernized during the first half the twentieth century.

Performance, installation and social issues: A conversation with Tania El Khoury and Salwa Mikdadi
NYUAD Institute and NYUAD Art Gallery invites you to a talk with Tania El Khoury, creator of "Gardens Speak", moderated by Salwa Mikdadi, guest curator of Permanent Temporariness.

An Arabic-Language Event
Book Discussion: Walid Shurafa
In conversation with Alsaad Almenhaly, editor-in-chief of National Geographic Arabic
The Art Gallery at NYU Abu Dhabi invites you to a conversation with IPAF shortlisted author Walid Shurafa.
March 2018

Closing Reception
Jonny Farrow: -- a fine word, galaxy
Come join us for the Closing Event of "Jonny Farrow -- a fine word, galaxy" on Wednesday March 28th, 5:30-7:30pm in the Project Space.