JUNE 2026
ART calendar of MENA Region:
Presenting a detailed guide to current art exhibitions in the MENA region for June 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 30 June 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
Spring 2026 Program: More than 40 workshops, reading circles and family events
- Location: 421 Arts Campus
- 30 April - 28 June 2026
Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative
- Location: 421 Arts Campus
- 1 May - 26 June
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
From Drawing to Sculpture with Hassana Arif
- Location: 421 Arts Campus
- 6 June
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Performance
Mandé Maqamāt - Yahael Camara Onono
- Location: NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery
- 11 June, 7:30 PM
Talk: Building a Life as a Musician With Fatima, MINOVA, and Yahael Camara Onono
- Location: NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery
- 10 June, 6:30-7:30 PM
Build Your Museum
- Location: Zayed National Museum
- Until 27 June 2026
every Saturday 11:30am - 12:30pm
every Thursday 5:30pm - 6:30pm.
Make Your Shell Shaped Candle
- Location: Zayed National Museum
- Until 30 June 2026
every Tuesday & Friday from 06:00pm - 07:00pm
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
Workshop: Mind to Map – Translating Thought into Form, by Meera Abdulrahim Salem
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 6 June 2026
Reading Group: Reading the Street – Voice, Aesthetics, and Meaning Across Regions
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 13-27 June 2026
Performance: Strings/∅ – an ambient listening experience, by Lucio Avancena
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 6 June 2026
Workshops in UAE: SHARJAH
Open studio – Drawing Basics
- Location: Al Madam Art Centre
- 1 June – 11 June 2026
10:00 am–12:00 pm
Surface and Texture: A Glazing Experience
- Location: Khorfakkan Art Centre
- 1 June–4 June 2026
4:00 pm–6:00 pm
Memory of the Earth: Ceramics and Local Soil
- Location: Dibba Al Hisn Art Centre
- 2 June 2026
4:00 pm–6:00 pm
The Basics: Raw Clay to Ceramic Art
- Location: Sharjah Art Institute
- 11 May–11 June 2026
Daily from Monday to Thursday
10:00 am–1:00 pm
Urbanscapes in Relief Prints
- Location: Sharjah Art Institute
- 11 May–11 June 2026
Daily from Monday to Thursday
10:00 am–1:00 pm
Aeons- New works by Nourhan Rahhal
- Location: 1971-Design Space, Flag Island
- OPENING: Sunday 07 June, 2026
The Saffar of Coral By Nidanin
- Location: 1971-Design Space, Flag Island
- OPENING: Sunday 07 June, 2026
highlights of june
UAE. Abu dhabi
ALL MANNER OF EXPERIMENTS:
LEGACIES OF THE BAGHDAD MODERN ART GROUP
- Location: NYUAD Art Gallery
- 12 February – 7 June 2026
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
UAE. DUBAI
Collectors' Entry Point: Select Works Under $3,000
- Location: Fann A Porter
- 4 April - 20 September 2026
Jumana Emil Abboud: The Storyteller and the Obedient Tide
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 28 January - 28 June 2026
Artists’ Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shahdin
- Location: Jameel Arts Centre
- 15 March 2026 -
1 November 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
The importance of staying quiet: Fahd Burki
- Location: Grey Noise, Warehouse 24
- 16 May – 31 July2026
The Eye: An Aperture Into the Soul: Safwan Dahoul
- Location: Ayyam Gallery
- 16 May - 4 July 2026
Ten Years of Art: Waddington Custot Dubai
- Location: Waddington Custot
- 16 May – 18 July 2026
Urdu Worlds: Ali Kazim & Zarina
- Location: Ishara Art Foundation
- 16 January 2026–13 June 2026
In Abstracto, In Concreto: On Memory and Presence
- Location: Efie Gallery
- 16 May — 21 September 2026
Fatma Lootah:
Under The Ghaf Tree.
Where Everything Belongs
- Location: RARARES Gallery. DIFC Sculpture Park
- 11 May — 10 September 2026
Fellow Travellers Curated by Dr Omar Kholeif
- Location: Tabari Artspace
- 13 April - 5 June 2026
uae. SHARJAH
Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar: Body Quotidian
- Location: Al Mureijah Square, Gallery 6
- 13 June – 20 September 2026
Jorge Tacla: Time the destroyer is time the preserver
- Location: Al Mureijah Square, Gallery 1, 2, and 3
- 8 February – 21 June 2026
41st Annual Exhibition of Emirates Fine Arts Society - Urban Memory
- Location: Sharjah Art Museum
- 23 April 2026 - 18 June 2026
Permanent Exhibitions in the UAE
Archaeological Finds and Historical Artefacts, narrating the Emirate's rich past
Location: National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Jeddah
Permanent exhibition of artist Safeya Binzagr's works
- Location: Darat Safeya Binzagr Gallery
Dhahran
Turkey
Istanbul
Renzo Piano: Genius Loci Permanent Exhibition
- Location: Istanbul Modern
- 1 January – 31 December 2026
The Photography Studio of An Adventurous Architect. Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982
- Location: Istanbul Research Institute
- Until 04 October 2026
Bahrain
Manama
Permanent exhibition dedicated to painting, Arabic calligraphy, sculpture, and engraving
- Location: Busaad Art Gallery
Muharraq
QATAR
DOHA
Permanent exhibition.
One of the world’s greatest collections of Islamic art
- Location: Museum of Islamic Art (MIA)
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
Atharna 2025: Unearthing Qatar’s Ancient Textile Factories
- Location: National Museum of Qatar
Libya
Tripoli
EGYPT
Cairo
Permanent Grand Exhibition of Egyptian Heritage
- Location: National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC)
- Permanent Exhibition
Giza
Luxor
ISRAEL
Tel AVIV
Archetype: The Architecture of Ram Karmi
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- Until 27 June 2026
Joshua Neustein: You cannot step into the same river twice
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- Until 20 June 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
Dudu Geva Was Here: New in the Collection
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 10 February - 8 July 2026
Beyond Small / Miniature Worlds in Contemporary Art
- Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 10 February - 4 July 2026
TUNISIA
Tunis
Sudan
Khartoum
Morocco
Casablanca
Marrakesh
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
Kuwait
Kuwait City
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
Permanent Exhibition of artificat from the Islamic States era
- Location: National Museum of Yemen
Syria
Damascus
Malta
Valletta
Permanent exhibition of the national collection
- Location: MUŻA — The National Community Art Museum
Premju Ġieħ l-Artiġjanat Malti – Artisan Exhibition
- Location: Spazju Kreattiv
- 28 May - 28 June 2026
FEĠĠ x ARTI Assemblies of Becoming: Soft Infrastructures
- Location: Spazju Kreattiv
- 21 May - 21 June 2026