"…perhaps it’s a museum, perhaps it’s a sanctuary, maybe a ribbon composed of the dreams of all the eras and civilisations that have ever existed… like a mirror, art reflects the image of humanity for the eyes of the future…" For its third anniversary, the Louvre Abu Dhabi has produced a forty-minute film, The Pulse of Time. Using a number of masterpieces in the museum’s collection, the film weaves a poetic narrative on art and its meaning. A journey through time and space, which retraces various historic moments and depicts numerous civilisations, narrating the history of creativity from the dawn of time up to today and revealing, in a stunning way, just how much the Earth’s inhabitants have in common. The script of the video is by French author and dramaturge Stéphane Michaka, the original soundtrack is by French composer Jonathan Morali and the piece was directed by Mohamed Somji of the creative studio Seeing Things of Dubai. The film is available in three versions - Arabic, English and French - and the narrative voices are those of the actor, producer and television host from the United Arab Emirates, Saoud Al Kaabi; by the British actor, screenwriter and director Charles Dance and Swiss-French actress Irène Jacob.
An exhibition presenting for the first time the photographs by artist Lala Rukh taken during her years of study in Chicago in the 1970s. These images, never previously shown as artworks, reveal the origins of her visual language and foreshadow the discipline and precision that would later define her abstraction.
Down to Earth 2025 at Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre turns the Jaddaf Waterfront Sculpture Park into a community laboratory where nature, art and sustainability converge. Through urban gardens, markets, workshops and performances, the festival highlights everyday gestures as ecological and poetic practices.
After fifteen years away, Linkin Park return to the United Arab Emirates with a concert at Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Arena on 20 January 2026. Part of the From Zero World Tour, the event marks a new chapter for the band, blending unreleased tracks and iconic hits with a refreshed line-up.
Marwan Bassiouni’s first solo show in the region. New Western Views features photographs taken from inside mosques in Europe, framing everyday Western landscapes through Islamic interiors and reversing the traditional Orientalist gaze while highlighting the quiet presence of Muslim communities.