On March 18, Art Week opens at Alserkal Avenue with a world-class line-up of exhibitions and programming throughout the week. The region’s leading contemporary art galleries and non-profit institutions will present over 20 new exhibitions, and nine galleries will participate in Art Dubai.

Galleries Night | 18 March

From 6–10 pm, collectors and enthusiasts are invited to explore the exhibitions, open studios, and commission across the Avenue.

image Art Week at Alserkal Avenue 2018 / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

image Art Week at Alserkal Avenue 2018 / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

image Art Week at Alserkal Avenue 2018 / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

Rhodiola | 18 March - 30 April

Rhodiola, a transmission by Athens-based artist collective 3 137, opens on 18 March during Art Week. Alserkal’s 19th artist commission will unravel over six weeks through radio shows, performances, screenings, and community activities exploring ideas of maintenance in everyday life.

image 2016, After the explosion…you hear the light, A project about Greek 70's / Photo by Ilias Seferlis Frantzis / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

Fabric(ated) Fractures | 9-23 March

A collaboration between the Samdani Art Foundation and Alserkal, Fabric(ated) Fractures will be on view during Art Week. The group presents the works of 15 Bangladeshi, South Asian, and Southeast Asian artists. The show is curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt, Samdani Art Foundation artistic director and Dhaka Art Summit chief curator.

image Concrete / Credit: Musthafa Aboobacker / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

image Art Week at Alserkal Avenue, Kamruzzaman Shadhin / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

Alserkal Residency Open Studios | 18 March

From 11 am–8 pm, Alserkal Residency’s Spring Cycle 2019 residents Mahan Moalemi, METASITU (Liva Dudereva and Eduardo Cassina), and Željka Blakšić open the doors to their studios and present their work. Visitors are welcome to speak with residents about their public programmes for Alserkal Residency, their ongoing practices, and their research in Dubai.

image Spring Cycle Residents: Željka Blakšić, Mahan Moalemi, Liva Dudereva, Eduardo Cassina / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

Majlis Talks | 18-23 March

A series of public talks that will be held at Alserkal Avenue during Art Week, including:
  • Artist talk: Johan Creten in conversation with Rebecca Anne Proctor, 18 March, 3.30 pm
  • Artist talk: Soraya Sharghi in conversation with Nadine Khalil, 18 March, 4.15 pm
  • Book launch & talk: Jitish Kallat in conversation with Nada Raza, Shumon Basar, and Catherine David, 18 March, 5 pm
  • Talk: ‘Collecting in the Digital Age’, presented by Artsy. 20 March, 3.45 pm
  • Talk: ‘The Spark is You’, Ziba Ardalan. 21 March, 11 am

image Art Week at Alserkal Avenue 2018 / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

image Art Week at Alserkal Avenue 2018 / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

Guest Projects | 18-23 March

Alserkal will welcome a number of guest projects during Art Week, with highlights including Moataz Nasr’s Sun Boat, Michelle Poonawalla’s immersive Introspection, Atassi Foundation for Art & Culture’s exhibition of pioneering Syrian female artists, Personal Revolutions, Mohamed Monaiseer’s Taxidermy Dreams, the Fully Booked art book fair, the Sanctuaries series by Selections magazine, and sound artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s open studio.

image Art Week at Alserkal Avenue 2018 / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue

image Art Week at Alserkal Avenue 2018 / Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue


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