november 2025
ART calendar of MENA Region:
Presenting a detailed guide to current art exhibitions in the MENA region for November 2025. Don't miss the temporary and permanent exhibitions in leading galleries and cultural centres across the MENA region.
highlights of november
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
NOMAD - ABU DHABI 2025
- Location: Terminal 1, Zayed International Airport
- 19 - 22 November 2025
Toxic Arts in Dubai 'NEW SUNS RISING' DUBAI GROUP EXHIBITION
- Location: Alserkal Avenue
- 7-9 November 2025
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
- 25 October 2025 - 25 January 2026
Constructing the Orient: Fragments of a Western Dream
- Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
- 25 October 2025 - 31 May 2026
Exhibitions in Dubai
"Whispers of the Past" in collaboration with Sotheby’s Middle East
- Location: Aisha Alabbar Gallery
- 11 September - 14 November 2025
Caravan of Colours Through Time
- Location: Aisha Alabbar Gallery
- 18 September - 5 November 2025
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
SWEET FACES: Silvio Porzionato/Laurence Jenkell
- Location: Oblong Contemporary Gallery
- 15 October - 15 November 2025
Whimsical World solo exhibition by Natalya Urmanova
- Location: The Warehouse gallery
- From 1st of November
Rooted Echoes, Ahed Al Khatiri, Yasmin Al Awa, Zahra Juanji
- Location: NIKA Project Space
- 10 September –
1 November 2025
Thomas Dillon, The Raw and the Cooked
- Location: Opera Gallery Dubai
- 23 October –
17 November 2025
Wassef Boutros-Ghali: A Retrospective (1965–2016) and Book Launch
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 3 October –
5 November 2025
Morteza Khosravi: The Floating Table
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- 3 October –
5 November 2025
Transmission - Sebastian Hosu Solo Exhibition
- Location: Volery Gallery
- 25 September - 10 November 2025
The Wild Within RYAN KOOPMANS & ALICE WEXELL
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- From 11 of November
Soft Edge of the Blade, Vol. III LEILA HELLER X ZAAL ART
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- From 11 of November
Stories in Thousand Pieces PARINAZ ELEISH GHARAGOZLOU
- Location: Leila Heller Gallery
- From 11 of November
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
- 16 November 2025 - 12 January 2026
Abdelkader Benchamma: Rumors from the Skies
- Location: Gallery Isabelle
- 18 September - 2 November 2025
Fertile Dreams | Group Exhibition
- Location: Tabari Artspace
- 1 November 2025 - 2 January 2026
The importance of staying quiet. Lala Rukh I
- Location: Grey Noise
- 18 September – 5 November 2025
The importance of staying quiet. Lala Rukh II
- Location: Grey Noise
- 16 November - 17 January 2026
Exhibitions in SHARJAH
Leda Catunda: I like to like what others are liking
- Location: Sharjah Art Foundation
- 26 September 2025 -
8 February 2026
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
Between Memory and Matter. Solo exhibition by Zahrah Alghamdi
- Location: ATHR Gallery
- 29 September 2025
Jeddah
Permanent exhibition of artist Safiya Binzagr's works
- Location: Darat Safeya Binzagr Gallery
Sarah Abu Abdallah, You Ask, We Answer
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
- Location: ATHR Gallery
- 17 September - 30 December 2025
Alula
Afterschool
Curated by Rania Majinyan
Curated by Rania Majinyan
- Location: ATHR Gallery
- 23 September - 30 December 2025
Exhibitions in Bahrain
Manama
Permanent exhibition dedicated to painting, Arabic calligraphy, sculpture, and engraving
- Location: Busaad Art Gallery
Exhibitions in QATAR. DOHA
"A Seat at the Table: Food and Feasting in the Islamic World"
- Location: Museum of Islamic Art (MIA)
- Until 8 November 2025
EXHIBITIONS IN EGYPT
Cairo
Egypt's Largest Permanent Heritage Exhibition
- Location: National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Luxor
Permanent Exhibition at the Mummification Museum
Exhibitions in IRAN. Tehran
Saeid Mahmoudi Sculpture Exhibition
"Wound & Purgatory"
"Wound & Purgatory"
- Location: Seyhoun Art Gallery
- Until 5 November, 2025
Exhibitions in ISRAEL. Tel AVIV
Gideon Rubin, Sara Berman THE FOLD
- Location: Alon Segev Gallery
- 18 September – 21 November 2025
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
Reuven Rubin: Be my Guest
- Location: Rubin Museum at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- Until 15 of November 2025
On view Gideon Rubin, Sara Berman THE FOLD
- Location: Alon Segev Gallery
- September 18 - November 21, 2025
Exhibitions in TUNISIA
Exhibitions in Morocco. Casablanca
Marrakesh
Paraboles - A Hertzian Odyssey
- Location: Museum of Contemporary African Art Al Maaden
- Until 7 of December 2025
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