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JUly 2026

ART calendar of MENA Region:

Presenting a detailed guide to current art exhibitions in the MENA region for July 2026. Don't miss the temporary and permanent exhibitions in leading galleries and cultural centres across the MENA region.

Workshops in UAE: Abu Dhabi

Quantum Dome Project

A Collective VR Experience

  • Location: Louvre Abu Dhabi
  • Until 31 December 2026
  • Price: 40 AED (Adults) / 20 AED (Children, under 18 )

Free Family Weekends

  • Location: Louvre Abu Dhabi
  • Until 30 June 2026:
    Every Saturday and Sunday, 11am and 3pm
  • Price: Workshop free with admissions

The World of Studio Ghibli

  • Location: Manarat Al Saadiyat
  • 4 June - 29 August

Once Upon an Art Camp

  • Location: Manarat Al Saadiyat’s Art Studio
  • 06 July - 20 August 2026

Spring 2026 Program: More than 40 workshops, reading circles and family events

  • Location: 421 Arts Campus
  • 30 April - 26 September 2026

A Walk Through Our History

  • Location: Zayed National Museum
  • Until 31 December 2026

open call

  • Until 31 August 2026

The Story of Art lecture series with A Story with an Open End

  • Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
  • Until 30 June 2026
    every Tuesday & Friday from 06:00pm - 07:00pm

Workshops in UAE: dubai

Summer Arts Camp: Make.Act.Play

  • Location: Jameel Arts Centre
  • 6-17 July 2026

Jameel’s Summer Cinema: in collaboration with The Culturist

  • Location: Jameel Arts Centre
  • 20 June - 15 August 2026
    Saturdays 7:30 - 9:30 PM

Dialogues with Art: Artists Who Changed the World

  • Location: TODA
  • July 2026

open call

  • A.R.M. Holding, Art Dubai
  • Send us your proposal by 25 July

Workshops

  • Location: Etihad Museum
  • July 2026

Al Quoz Creative Entrepreneurship Competition

  • Location: Al Quoz
  • until 12 July 2026


Workshops in UAE: SHARJAH

Material Impressions: Studio Visit with Nidanin

  • Location:Bait Obaid Al Shamsi Arts Square, Sharjah
  • 12 July 2026
    4:00 pm–7:00 pm

Open studio – Pottery Basics

  • Location: Al Dhaid Art Centre
  • 27 April – 27 August 2026

Open studio – Calligraphy Basics

  • Location: Al Dhaid Art Centre
  • 27 April – 27 August 2026

Sunday Cinema Club

  • Location: Photography Gallery
  • 5 July–30 August 2026

Summer Camp at Sharjah Art Foundation

  • Location: Sharjah Art Foundation
  • 6-30 July 2026
    4:00 pm–6:00 pm

Aeons- New works by Nourhan Rahhal

  • Location: 1971-Design Space, Flag Island
  • 07 June - 3 September 2026

The Saffar of Coral By Nidanin

  • Location: 1971-Design Space, Flag Island
  • 07 June - 3 September 2026

UAE. Abu dhabi

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Human in the Loop by Dr. Ahmad AlAttar

  • Location: 421 Arts Campus
  • 21 June - 13 September

Light & peace

  • Location: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre
  • 1 September 2024 -
    1 September 2026

Shezad Dawood: Skin of Dreams

  • Location: Cultural Foundation
  • 30 April 2026 - 20 September 2026

Juma Al Haj: Interoception

  • Location: Iris Projects
  • 6 June - 6 August 2026
    4 - 6 pm

Under the Same Sky

  • Location: Rizq Art Initiative
  • 22 May - 31 July

In Transit

  • Location: Artbooth Gallery
  • 9 July - 31 August 2026

Seeing Ourselves

  • Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
  • 11 June – 31 August 2026

before the silence breaks

  • Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
  • 11 June – 30 August 2026

UAE. DUBAI

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Collectors' Entry Point: Select Works Under $3,000

  • Location: Fann A Porter
  • 4 April - 20 September 2026

Artists’ Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shahdin

  • Location: Jameel Arts Centre
  • 15 March 2026 -
    1 November 2026

Global Positioning System

  • Location: Jameel Arts Centre
  • 9 May - 4 October 2026

After the Image

  • Location: XVA Gallery
  • 18 June - 16 July 2026

A Return to Presence

  • Location: Oblong Gallery
  • 6 May - 31 August 2026

Group show: Five Painters

  • Location: Taymour Grahne Projects
  • 17 May – 11 July 2026


Kevork Mourad: The Echoes of Silent Bells

  • Location: Leila Heller Gallery
  • 12 May – 5 July 2026

Atieh Sohrabi, Farshid Shafiey, Baran Shafiey: All in the Family

  • Location: Leila Heller Gallery
  • 12 May – 5 July 2026

Spectra

  • Location: Leila Heller Gallery
  • 30 June – 2 September 2026

Sultan Bin Fahad: Blue Note

  • Location: Leila Heller Gallery
  • 12 May – 13 September 2026

The importance of staying quiet: Fahd Burki

  • Location: Grey Noise, Warehouse 24
  • 16 May – 31 July 2026

Summer Collective: Tangerine Dreams

  • Location: Ayyam Gallery
  • 8 July - 18 September 2026

Ten Years of Art: Waddington Custot Dubai

  • Location: Waddington Custot
  • 16 May – 18 July 2026

Time That Grows Slowly

  • Location: Dom Art Project
  • 13 May - 13 September 2026

Petr Kirusha

  • Location: Dom Art Project
  • 13 May - 13 September 2026

Cross Scripts

  • Location: Lawrie Shabibi
  • 6 June - 31 July 2026

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All the Lands from Sunrise to Sunset

  • Location: Green Art Gallery
  • 18 April - 31 July 2026

In Abstracto, In Concreto: On Memory and Presence

  • Location: Efie Gallery
  • 16 May — 21 September 2026

Open Studio Residency 2026

  • Location: NIKA Project Space
  • 8 June — 28 August 2026

Fatma Lootah:
Under The Ghaf Tree.
Where Everything Belongs

  • Location: RARARES Gallery. DIFC Sculpture Park
  • 11 May — 10 September 2026

The Two Walks

  • Location: Carbon12
  • 4 June - 5 September 2026

Made in the UAE

  • Location: JD Malat Gallery
  • 12 June - 12 July 2026

Same air

  • Location: Tabari Artspace
  • Until 1 September 2026

In Plain Sight

  • Location: Isabelle gallery
  • 4 June - 15 September 2026

scenec from the 90s

  • Location: Isabelle gallery
  • 4 June - 15 September 2026

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uae. SHARJAH

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Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar: Body Quotidian

  • Location: Al Mureijah Square, Gallery 6
  • 13 June – 20 September 2026

Rain Room

  • Location: Al Majarrah, Sharjah
  • Open all year

From Oyster to Crown

  • Location: Bait Al Naboodah
  • 06 November 2025 - 31 December 2026


41st Annual Exhibition of Emirates Fine Arts Society - Urban Memory

  • Location: Sharjah Art Museum
  • 23 April 2026 - 16 July 2026


Who I Become

  • Location: Maraya Art Centre
  • 26 April - 30 July 2026


The Sky Forgets, the Heart Remembers

  • Location: Maraya Art Centre
  • 26 April - 30 July 2026


Permanent Exhibitions in the UAE

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Permanent Exhibition

Location: Louvre Abu Dhabi

Immersive Technologies

Location: Museum of the Future (Dubai)

History of the Formation of the United Arab Emirates

Location: Etihad Museum (Dubai)

Archaeological Finds and Historical Artefacts, narrating the Emirate's rich past

Location: National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah

Culture and Traditions

Location: Fujairah Museum

Technologies, Installations

Location: Phenomena Abu Dhabi

Permanent Exhibition

Location: Zayed National Museum

Permanent Exhibition

Location: Abu Dhabi Natural History Museum

Permanent Exhibition

Location: Sharjah Art Museum

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

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Permanent exhibition

  • Location: National Museum of Saudi Arabia

Permanent exhibition

  • Location: Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMoCA)

Permanent exhibition

  • Location: Riyadh Art

Syntax of the Ever-Changing

  • Location: Riyadh Art
  • From 20 May 2026

Jeddah

Permanent exhibition of artist Safeya Binzagr's works

  • Location: Darat Safeya Binzagr Gallery

Dhahran

In Praise of the Artisan

  • Location: Ithra Cultural Center
  • November 2024 - December 2027


Turkey

Istanbul

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Semiha Berksoy: Aria of All Colors

  • Location: Istanbul Modern
  • 22 January – 6 September 2026

Panorama: Dreams and Places

  • Location: Istanbul Modern
  • 19 February – 18 October 2026

Floating Islands Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Istanbul Modern
  • 1 January – 12 July 2026

Renzo Piano: Genius Loci Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Istanbul Modern
  • 1 January – 31 December 2026

By the Water

  • Location: Pera Museum
  • 5 March - 23 August 2026

Sakıp Sabancı Museum Painting Collection

  • Location: Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM)

Work in Progress. Emre Baykal

  • Location: Arter
  • Until 14 April 2027

Mehtap Baydu:Loving You Is So Hard!

  • Location: Arter
  • Until 15 November 2026

Hera Büyüktaşcıyan: Phantom Quartet

  • Location: Arter
  • Until 30 August 2026

Inside Out

Group Exhibition

  • Location: .artSümer Gallery
  • 9 June – 31 July 2026

Contemporary Myths

  • Location: CLUBHOUSE Bebek by .artSümer Gallery
  • 11 June – 31 July 2026

Breaking Through a Damh

  • Location: Salt Beyoğlu
  • 22 April – 23 August 2026

Fran Aniorte “Balearic Constellations”

  • Location: Art On Istanbul
  • Until 11 July 2026

Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture

Edward Burtynsky: Shifting Topography

  • Location: Borusan Contemporary
  • Until 16 August 2026

Warm Rehearsal

  • Location: SANATORIUM
  • 7 May - 11 July 2026

Forking Paths

  • Location: SANATORIUM
  • 4 June - 18 July 2026

The Photography Studio of An Adventurous Architect. Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982

  • Location: Istanbul Research Institute
  • Until 04 October 2026

Fair Island of a Summer's Sky

  • Location: Galerist
  • 18 June - 18 September 2026

Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: IMOGA Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts

Bahrain

Manama

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Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Bahrain National Museum

Permanent exhibition dedicated to painting, Arabic calligraphy, sculpture, and engraving

  • Location: Busaad Art Gallery

Permanent exhibition of private museum

  • Location: La Fontaine centre of contemporary art

Muharraq

permanent exhibition

  • Location: Busaad Art Gallery

QATAR

DOHA

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Permanent exhibition.

One of the world’s greatest collections of Islamic art

  • Location: Museum of Islamic Art (MIA)

Permanent Exhibition of Qatar's History

  • Location: National Museum of Qatar

Resolutions: Celebrating 15 years of Mathaf

  • Location: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
  • Until 8 August 2026

Resolutions: Evolving Realities

  • Location: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
  • 1 May – 8 August 2026

what's between, between?

  • Location: Media Majlis Museum

Atharna 2025: Unearthing Qatar’s Ancient Textile Factories

  • Location: National Museum of Qatar

Libya

Tripoli

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Artist Ali Ghan's House

  • Location: Bayt Ali Gana
  • Permanent Exhibition

EGYPT

Cairo

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Permanent Grand Exhibition of Egyptian Heritage

  • Location: National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC)
  • Permanent Exhibition

Z FOR ZARAFA. A solo show by Lara Baladi

  • Location: Gypsum
  • 2 June - 23 September 2026

Giza

Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Grand Egyptian Museum

Luxor

Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Mummification Museum

ISRAEL

Tel AVIV

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Permanent Exhibition of Art and Archaeology

  • Location: The Israel Museum

Archetype: The Architecture of Ram Karmi

  • Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • Until 29 August 2026

Joshua Neustein: You cannot step into the same river twice

  • Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • Until 3 October 2026

Tom Wesselmann: All Out / From Marie and Jose Mugrabi Collection

  • Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • 11 June - ​26 December 2026

Vision of the New Bones: Jewish Imaginations after 1940

  • Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • 28 May​-​28 November 2026

Anne Simin Shitrit: Malachi

  • Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • Until 29 August 2026

Dudu Geva Was Here: New in the Collection

  • Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • 10 February - 18 July 2026

Beyond Small / Miniature Worlds in Contemporary Art

  • Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • 10 February - 3 October 2026

Yayoi Kusama — Infinity Mirrored Room

  • Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • Permanent Exhibition

Fragments of a Portrait

  • Location: Artport Tel Aviv
  • From 3 April 2026

Iran

tehran

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Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Museum of Contemporary Art

TUNISIA

Tunis

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Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Bardo Museum

STEEL GENETICS

  • Location: Selma Feriani
  • 30 April- 25 July 2026

A NEVER-ENDING M

  • Location: Selma Feriani
  • 30 April- 25 July 2026

Sudan

Khartoum

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Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: National Museum of Sudan

Morocco

Casablanca

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solo exhibition by Hako Hankson

  • Location: L'ATELIER 21
  • 9 June — 13 July 2026

CONSTRUCTED REALITIES

  • Location: Loft Art Gallery
  • 18 June - 31 July 2026

Marrakesh

Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Museum of Contemporary African Art Al Maaden

Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: Yves Saint Laurent Museum

David Seidner – Yves Saint Laurent

  • Location: Yves Saint Laurent Museum
  • September 25, 2025 - August 2, 2026

Les battements d’ailes des crocodiles

  • Location: Montresso Foundation
  • 10 April - 18 July 2026

You can see me but I can’t

  • Location: Montresso Foundation
  • 9 May - 18 July 2026

Abbès Saladi, L’Odyssée Mystique

  • Location: Comptoir des Mines Galerie
  • 23 May - 15 July 2026

Kuwait

Kuwait City

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What Touches the Scalp is Close to the Bone: A group exhibition curated by Christina Shoucair

  • Location: Hunna Art Gallery
  • 4 - 10 June 2026

Yemen

Sana’a

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Permanent Exhibition of artificat from the Islamic States era

  • Location: National Museum of Yemen

Syria

Damascus

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Permanent Exhibition

  • Location: National Museum of Damascus

Malta

Valletta

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Permanent exhibition of the national collection

  • Location: MUŻA — The National Community Art Museum

MCAST ICA Festival

  • Location: Spazju Kreattiv
  • 3 July - 16 August2026

Palestine

Birzeit

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Permanent exhibition

  • Location: The Palestinian Museum

I shall carve the sun's words

  • Location: A.M. Qattan Foundation


Ramallah

Fragile Nest
Yazan Abu Salameh

  • Location: Zawyeh Gallery
  • 18 April – 18 July, 2026

Cyprus

Nicosia

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Collections of Cypriot, Greek, and European art

  • Location: A. G. Leventis Gallery

Limassol

Permanent collection

  • Location: XeniArt Space 1

EGGspression’26

  • Location: XeniArt Space 1
  • From March 27

Mauritania

Nouakchott

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Exhibitions of works by artists from all across Mauritania

  • Location: Galerie Zeinart

Lebanon

Beirut

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Becoming Icon

  • Location: Sursock Museum
  • Until 20 June 2027

Poetic Landscapes

  • Location: Galerie Tanit Beirut
  • 11 June - 9 July 2026

As Close As It Gets

  • Location: Galerie Tanit Beirut
  • 16 July - 4 September 2026

UBI TERRA FLORET

  • Location: Galerie Tanit Beirut
  • 2 July - 29 August 2026
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