DUBAI: Art Dubai will return to the city from May 15-17, with key details announced today.
The 2026 program will focus on the galleries, institutions and communities that have shaped the region’s art scene and market, and will feature over 75 presentations from commercial galleries, institutional participants and partners.
Dunja Gottweis, Director of the Art Dubai fair, said: “This special edition of Art Dubai brings together galleries from nearly 20 countries with strong representation from the region and internationally. This is testament to the unique role Art Dubai has played over two decades in supporting and sustaining Dubai as the center of the region’s art market.”
The fair was postponed from its original dates in April due to the war in Iran.
Other program highlights will include “Made Forward,” a presentation from the Dubai Collection – the city’s first institutional collection of modern and contemporary art.
The 20th edition of Art Dubai’s flagship Global Art Forum; an exhibition of modern Arab art from the Barjeel Art Foundation; a performance-led program with the Sharjah Art Foundation; and a series of large-scale installations, new commissions and site-responsive artworks integrated across the fair will also feature this year.
Artists participating in the commissioned series include Khalid Al-Banna, Hashel Al-Lamki, Rashid Bin Shabib and Ahmed Bin Shabib, Rami Farook, Kevork Mourad, Yaw Owusu, Neda Razavipour, and Sudarshan Shetty.
