As we enter a new year, galleries across the UAE are preparing a new season of exhibitions and events. As such, many important shows will soon be ending.
From the masterpieces of the Post-Impressionists to a retelling of Ali Salem’s renowned play Madrasat Al-Moshaghbeen (The School of Mischief) here are exhibitions and events to catch this weekend before it is too late.
All Their Singularities at 1x1 Art Gallery
The group show takes cues from Gilles Deleuze’s analysis of how children map out their environments. The French philosopher defied traditional psychoanalytical tropes to instead insist that children were much more dynamic in how they navigate and reflect upon their everyday experiences, transposing these in artworks of trajectories, lines and loops.
All Their Singularities examines these modes of mapping and tracing. The exhibiting artists apply these cartographic reflections to conjure narratives of memory, identity and movement. “Each piece in the show becomes a node in a larger, evolving map, revealing connections and disjunctions, pathways and detours, and ultimately, singular journeys that defy simple categorisation,” 1x1 Art Gallery says of the exhibition.
Monday to Saturday, 10am-7pm; until January 9; 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai
A Writer on Honeymoon at Sharjah Art Foundation
Ali Salem’s renowned play Madrasat Al-Moshaghbeen is reimagined by Egyptian theatre director Ahmed El Attar in A Writer on Honeymoon and stars Sayed Ragab. It is the concluding show of Perform Sharjah.
It tells the story of a star writer who, while on a honeymoon with his wife, descends into paranoia, fearing that he is being surveilled by an intelligence agency. This weekend is the only chance to catch the show.
Saturday and Sunday, 8.30pm-9.15pm; Africa Hall, Al Manakh, Sharjah
Post-Impressionism: Beyond Appearances at Louvre Abu Dhabi
Post-Impressionism: Beyond Appearances is now in its final month. The exhibition, which includes 99 pieces, brings together a collection of masterpieces that offers an insight into one of history's most affecting artistic eras. The pieces include three paintings by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh, as well as works by Paul Gaugin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Cezanne.
The exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi also aims to show how the legacy of the Post-Impressionists extended to the Middle East. It includes two works by the French-Egyptian artist Georges Hanna Sabbagh, who studied figures from the post-Impressionist group Les Nabis, including Paul Serusier and Felix Vallotton.
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-6.30pm; until February 9; Louvre Abu Dhabi
