Event Details

Art Dubai reaffirms the fair’s commitment to supporting and developing Dubai’s cultural ecosystem with the 2025 edition taking place at Madinat Jumeirah from 18 – 20 April, with invitation-only previews on 16 and 17 April.
 
Since its foundation in 2007, Art Dubai has played an important institutional role in the growth of the local and regional cultural scenes, shaping and delivering high-impact cultural programming through long-term, year-round partnerships with institutions, business and government. Art Dubai’s 2025 programme demonstrates the fair’s commitment to providing significant commissioning opportunities for local and international artists; convening the world’s brightest creative minds through innovative talks and conference programming; and supporting scholarship and professional development programmes to develop the region’s future cultural leaders.
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
• A new series of performances and site-specific interventions by Mexican artist Héctor Zamora, marking the launch of a new multi-year co-commissioning partnership between Art Dubai and Alserkal Avenue
• A major new digital commission by leading Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem, presented by Julius Baer
• A series of experiential commissions and installations examining the transformation of nature through technology and human experience, including site-specific works by Ania Soliman and Total Arts at the Courtyard
• A series of new site-specific digital installations debuting at Art Dubai Digital, including by Ouchhh Studio, Breakfast, Jacopo Di Cera and Hybrid Xperience
• The first details of Art Dubai’s flagship transdisciplinary summit, the Global Art Forum, entitled ‘The New New Normal’, commissioned by Shumon Basar, and curated by Y7
• The second edition of Art Dubai’s Digital Summit, entitled ‘After the Technological Sublime’
 
COMMISSIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
Héctor Zamora will present a new series of performances and site-specific interventions, including new sculptural pieces and performative group actions that involve performers interacting with terracotta objects. Performances at Art Dubai will be complemented by a site-specific installation by the artist at Alserkal Avenue. 
A series of digital artworks will debut at the fair, responding to Art Dubai Digital’s theme ‘After the Technological Sublime’ and exploring how human-made creations may inspire admiration of human achievement, but also provoke anxiety as these systems may surpass our control and divert attention from pressing environmental, social, cultural and political issues.
 
Ouchhh Studio will present MotherEarth, a large-scale AI-driven data sculpture that transforms raw climate data—including air quality, CO2 emissions, humidity levels, and temperature changes—into a vivid sensory experience.
Breakfast will present Carbon Wake, a digitally controlled kinetic installation that transforms real-time energy data collected from cities around the world. 
 
Total Arts at the Courtyard will present Reconstructed Landscape - their latest collaborative project transforming fragments of found objects from the mountains and urban environments of the UAE into an imagined terrain.
 
New Digital Commission
Julius Baer, lead partner of Art Dubai, will present a newly commissioned digital installation by Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem, titled Directions (Merging) – تمازج )اتجاهات(. In this installation, Kazem places the coordinates of Dubai at the center of the space, drawing visitors to converge as well—a microcosm of the city and the fair. The viewer is then surrounded by three walls containing a collection of static coordinates lining every inch, placed against the backdrop of moving waves, highlighting the feeling of this convergence and borderless flow.
 
Piaget to Debut a New Commission by Alymamah Rashed
Piaget returns to Art Dubai 2025 with a special commission by Kuwaiti artist Alymamah Rashed, which will feature in a new exhibition titled Play of Shapes, celebrating the Maison’s creativity, energy, and craftsmanship through a showcase of their daring jewellery and watch collections.