Aydin Aghdashloo’s Masterpiece in the Eghtesad Novin Bank Art Collection

The biennial will open in Al Ain on October 23, 2026, before launching in Abu Dhabi on November 15, 2026.

Flagship initiative invites UAE-based artists, designers, writers, filmmakers, researchers and other creative practitioners to access funding, mentorship and professional development opportunities

The exhibition explores how personal memories and collective histories become embedded in landscapes, figures, and symbols.

Flame-like crimson strokes rising against a deep black ground evoke an image of ascension, longing, presence, and the force of life itself. More than a calligraphic painting, the work is a visual meditation on humanity's encounter with the transcendent—a realm where word, color, movement, and…

She shared the news in a personal message on Instagram, reflecting on her years at Alserkal and expressing gratitude to the people who shaped her journey.

Through a dialogue between identity, memory, and movement, the exhibition explores how cultural knowledge, stories, and traditions remain connected to their origins even as they travel across time and geography.

In this work, Mohammad Ehsai simultaneously evokes Islamic architecture, Persian geometry, Eastern mysticism, and modern abstract art. Love appears as an all-encompassing force, and its rotation in four directions may allude to the four cardinal points of the world, the four elements of nature,…