Highlights from Art Dubai and Vae Biennials

The contemporary art The scene in the United Arab Emirates blooms. With Art Dubai (April 16 to 2025) in the center of the art activities this spring, booked by the neighboring Sharjah Biennale (February 6 to June 15, 2025) and public art Abu Dhabi Biennale (November 15, 2024-April 30, 2025), the UAE were broken with art dealers, curators, curators, Curators, and curators, and Colleds this month.

With more than 190 participants selected by five curators, the 16th edition of the Sharjah Biennial was invited to respond to their title “to Carry”, which it provides as multivocal and open proposal. The idea includes the recognition of our susceptibility to security in rooms that do not belong to us and remain set by our places at the same time Cultures. It also represents a connection between different time frames of the experiences lived and the futures presented, with cross -generational stories and various forms of inheritance being included.

The edition of Art Dubai 2025, founded in 2007, contained more than 120 galleries from 65 cities worldwide in the exclusive Madinat Jumeirah, an Arab city city in Dubai. Organized by curators for certain sections, including ModernContemporary, digital and Bawwaba (ie “Gateway” in Arabic), emphasized the fair more than 20 exhibitors based in Dubai and invited international exhibitors and established and emerging artists from the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe Art fair.

“Dubai is the center of the art market of the Middle East region, and the city continues to develop at an incredible pace,” said Pablo del Val, Artistic Director of Art Dubai. “Our 2025 galleries completely reflect these energies, the dynamics of the scene and the rich mix of communities that Dubai call at home.

The opening reasons Public art Abu Dhabi Biennale, which is called “public matter”, examines the changing concept of public space in Abu Dhabi and focuses on four key aspects: environment, community, urbanity and indigenousity. The event shows over 70 artists and offers sculptures, large -scale installations and a diverse public program to encourage the participants to examine how environmental factors shape the meeting locations and interactions and at the same time define public space. In addition, it is examined how modern urban development interacted with indigenous traditionsthe difficulty of maintaining traditional values ​​in urban expansion and economic diversification.

Art & Object traveled according to Art Dubai and nearby Biennials In search of new art that speaks at the moment we share. Scroll through the pictures below to see our discoveries.