✨DECEMBER 2025🎄✨
ART calendar of MENA Region:
Presenting a detailed guide to current art exhibitions in the MENA region for December 2025. Don't miss the temporary and permanent exhibitions in leading galleries and cultural centres across the MENA region.
highlights of november - DECEMBER
Sotheby’s Collector’s Week in Abu Dhabi
- Location: The St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi
- 2–5 December 2025
Manar Abu Dhabi for Light Arts
- Location 1: Abu Dhabi (Jubail Island, Souq Al Mina)
- 15 November - 4 January 2026
- Location 2: Al Ain (Al Qattara Oasis, Al Jimi Oasis)
- 1 November - 4 January 2026
Exhibitions in Abu Dhabi
ALA YOUNis: PAST OF A TEMPORAL UNIVERSE
- Location: NYUAD Art Gallery
- 23 September –
18 January 2026
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Two Clouds in the Night Sky
- Location: Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi
- 9 October 2025 - 22 February 2026
Nja Mahdaoui: The Choreographer of Letters
- Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
- 24 October 2025 - 25 January 2026
Constructing the Orient: Fragments of a Western Dream
- Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
- 24 October 2025 - 31 May 2026
On View: ‘Salah’ series by Ammar Al Attar
- Location: Iris Projects and Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi
- 15 October 2025 - 22 February 2026
The Last Century: 100 Years of Arab Art (1920–2020)
- Location: Khawla Art Gallery
- 19 November 2025 –
8 January 2026
Light & peace
- Location: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre
- 1 September 2024 -
1 September 2026
Exhibitions in Dubai
Bady Dalloul: Self-portrait with a cat I don’t have
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 20 September –
22 February 2026
The Only Way Out Is Through: The Twentieth Line
- Location: The Third Line
- 18 September –
28 December 2025
Whimsical World solo exhibition by Natalya Urmanova
- Location: The Warehouse gallery
- From 1st of November
“The Sun Years” Matthew F Fisher
- Location: Taymour Grahne Projects
- November 22 2025 - January 6 2026
“Monochromes”, Amy Lincoln
- Location: Taymour Grahne Projects
- November 22 2025 - January 6 2026
Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell: The Wild Within
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 11 November 2025 –
8 January 2026
Soft Edge of the Blade, Vol. III LEILA HELLER X ZAAL ART
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 11 November 2025 –
8 January 2026
Stories in Thousand Pieces PARINAZ ELEISH GHARAGOZLOU
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 11 November 2025 –
14 January 2026
Nick Brandt .
The Day May Break Chapter Four: The Echo of Our Voices
The Day May Break Chapter Four: The Echo of Our Voices
- Location: Waddington Custot
- 13 November–23 December 2025
Moments of Hope By Besher Koushaji
- Location: Firetti Contemporary
- 17 November 2025 - 12 January 2026
Domestic Compositions
Kamrooz Aram
Kamrooz Aram
- Location: Green Art Gallery
- 16 November 2025 – 10 January 2026
Fertile Dreams | Group Exhibition
- Location: Tabari Artspace
- 10 November 2025 - 2 January 2026
The importance of staying quiet. Lala Rukh II
- Location: Grey Noise
- 16 November - 17 January 2026
Reza Derakshani: Crowns & Leaves. The Blue Season
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 25 October –
5 December 2025
Refracted Life: Solo exhibition by Hussain Jamil
- Location: Oblong Contemporary Gallery
- 20 November -
20 December 2025
Exhibitions in SHARJAH
Leda Catunda: I like to like what others are liking
- Location: Sharjah Art Foundation
- 26 September 2025 -
8 February 2026
Afra Al Dhaheri: Restless Circle
- Location: Sharjah Art Foundation
- 30 August – 14 December 2025
Permanent Exhibitions in the UAE
Archaeological Finds and Historical Artefacts, narrating the Emirate's rich past
Location: National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah
Exhibitions in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Artistic and Historical Exhibits
- Location: National Museum of Saudi Arabia
- Permanent exhibition
Exhibitions at SAMoCA
- Location: Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMoCA)
- Permanent exhibition
Jeddah
Permanent exhibition of artist Safeya Binzagr's works
- Location: Darat Safeya Binzagr Gallery
Alula
Dhahran
Exhibitions in Turkey
Istanbul
Floating Islands Permanent Exhibition
- Location: Istanbul Modern
- 1 January – 31 December 2025
Renzo Piano: Genius Loci Permanent Exhibition
- Location: Istanbul Modern
- 1 January – 31 December 2025
Feelings in Common. Works from the British Council Collection
- Location: Pera Museum
- 16 September 2025 -
18 January 2026
Åsa Jungnelius
A Verse, Written with Earth, Fire, Water, and Air
- Location: Pera Museum
- 16 September 2025 -
18 January 2026
Extraordinary Minas
The Story of Inspiration and Innovation in Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics
- Location: Pera Museum
- From May 27, 2025
Suzanne Lacy: Birlikte/Togæther
- Location: Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM)
- 12 September -
14 December 2025
We've Been at the Tapestry Studio Since the 90s
- Location: Salt Beyoğlu
- 19 September 2025 –
1 March 2026
Exhibitions in Bahrain
Manama
Permanent exhibition dedicated to painting, Arabic calligraphy, sculpture, and engraving
- Location: Busaad Art Gallery
Muharraq
permanent exhibition dedicated to paintings, Arabic calligraphy, sculpture, and printmaking
- Location: Busaad Art Gallery
Exhibitions in QATAR. DOHA
Aissa Deebi: “What remains to Be Seen”
- Location: Fire Station
- 13 November -
13 December 2025
FRAGMENTS OF MY SOUL
- Location: al markhiya gallery. Katara Cultural Village
- 21 October -
21 December 2025
EXHIBITIONS IN EGYPT
Cairo
Egypt's Largest Permanent Heritage Exhibition
- Location: National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
IN EACH AND EVERY TURN OF THE TIDE
- Location: Gypsum gallery
- 25 November 2025 - 11 February 2026
Giza
Grand Egyptian Museum
Permanent Exhibition Treasures of GEM
Luxor
Permanent Exhibition at the Mummification Museum
Exhibitions in ISRAEL. Tel AVIV
Yayoi Kusama — Infinity Mirrored Room: The Eternally Infinite Light of the Universe Illuminating the Quest for Truth
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- No end date
Judy Chicago: What If Women Ruled the World?
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- Until 27 of December 2025
Manar Zuabi: Moderate Physical Pressure
- Location: CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo
November 24, 2025 – February 7, 2026
NonFinito
Artport's artists-in-residence group exhibition
Artport's artists-in-residence group exhibition
- Location: Artport Tel Aviv
- 23 October –
20 December
Exhibitions in TUNISIA
Abderrazak Shali “Contre-Point II”
- Location: Le Violon Bleu Gallery
- 19 October - 19 December 2025
Exhibitions in Morocco. Casablanca
ABDELRKIM OUAZZANI
THE CHILDHOOD OF ART
THE CHILDHOOD OF ART
- Location: L'Atelier 21 Gallery
- 9 DECEMBER 2025 - 10 JANUARY 2026
Marrakesh
Paraboles - A Hertzian Odyssey
- Location: Museum of Contemporary African Art Al Maaden
- Until 7 of December 2025
Exhibitions in Kuwait. Kuwait City
Girl Parts: By Aliyah Alawadhi
- Location: Hunna Art Gallery
- 15 November 2025 -
4 January 2026
Exhibitions in Yemen. Sana’a
Permanent Exhibition of artificat from the Islamic States era
- Location: National Museum of Yemen
Exhibitions in Syria. Damascus
Exhibitions in Malta. Valletta
Permanent exhibition of the national collection
- Location: MUŻA — The National Community Art Museum
Celebrating 25 Years of Spazju Kreattiv: Nurturing Legacy Through Art
- Location: Spazju Kreattiv
- 18 September 2025 – 17 May 2026
Exhibitions in Palestine. Birzeit
Exhibitions in Cyprus. Nicosia
Exhibitions in Mauritania. Nouakchott
Exhibitions in Lebanon. Beirut
the Encounter of the First and Last Particles of Dust by Stephanie Saade
- Location: Sursock Museum
- Until 15 January 2026
DIVAS: From Oum Kalthoum to Dalida
- Location: Sursock Museum
- 17 October 2025 – 11 January 2026
Close Your Eyes So You Can See Me
- Location: Galerie Tanit Beirut
- 6 November – 11 December 2025
Port Cities: Fragments of Maritime Routes – The Beirut Edition
- Location: Beirut Art Center (BAC)
- October 9, 2025 - December 6, 2025
... a breath
Afaf Zurayk
Afaf Zurayk
- Location: Agial Art Gallery & Saleh Barakat Gallery
- 6 November - 20 December, 2025