Renovation work on Al Ain Museum began in 2018. Pawan Singh for The National

Al Ain was booming Iron Age town, new discoveries from 2,000-year-old tomb show

Evidence of satellite burials fills the missing chapter between the end of the Iron Age and the rise of Islam

Culture

Elias Izoli's clowns and acrobats embody the weight and silence of Assad's Syria

Art & Design

How visitors will see, hear and smell history at Zayed National Museum

Art & Design

Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi announces November opening date

Culture

Marwan show coming to Dubai charts remarkable career of late Syrian painter

Culture

Depicting Dubai's transformation – '20 years here is like 80 anywhere else'

Culture

Priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre Museum in Paris

Art & Design
As Water Falls by Bruno Aiello Destombes is one of many installations part of light art festival Manar Abu Dhabi 2025. Photo: Bruno Aiello Destombes

Light exhibition Manar Abu Dhabi to illuminate emirate with glowing sculptures

Outdoor pieces created by Emirati and international artists can be spotted across Abu Dhabi and Al Ain

Culture

Art at Louvre Abu Dhabi sheds light on shadows, from mashrabiya to shoji screens

Culture

Abu Dhabi Art to become Frieze Abu Dhabi in 2026 under new partnership

Art & Design

Dia Al Azzawi on working in exile: 'Everything I offer is part of Arab culture'

Art & Design

Inside Zayed National Museum and its gallery of the region's origins

Art & Design

Egyptian goddess 'with nose job' is ancient masterpiece worth $2m

UK

Global figures behind Love is Resistance, the art book for Palestine

Culture
Zayed National Museum is scheduled to open in December. Photo: Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi

Inside Zayed National Museum and its gallery of the region's origins

To Our Ancestors traces the Middle East's history from 300,000 years up to the Bronze Age

Art & Design

Egyptian goddess 'with nose job' is ancient masterpiece worth $2m

UK

Global figures behind Love is Resistance, the art book for Palestine

Culture

Kuwaiti-born artist Ala Younis maps power and memory in Abu Dhabi exhibition

Culture

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