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Financial Times: Palestinian artist Dima Srouji on creating ‘forgeries’ of V&A artefacts
September 10, 2023The Victoria and Albert museum invited the artist to respond to the collection. Zehra Munir speaks to the artist ahead of her upcoming exhibition at the museum 'She Still Wears... -
Artsy: The 10 Best Booths at Frieze Seoul 2023
September 8, 2023Lawrie Shabibi has been featured in Artsy's '10 Best Booths at Frieze Seoul 2023' review. 'It might be in its second edition, but this year, Frieze Seoul already feels like... -
Gulf Today: Lawrie Shabibi presents works of Hamra Abbas at Frieze Seoul 2023
August 25, 2023For Frieze Seoul 2023 (Sept. 6 – 9), Lawrie Shabibi is presenting a selection of new marble inlay works by Hamra Abbas (Pakistani, b. 1976, Kuwait) including a new iteration... -
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim at the Bihar Museum
G20: Together We Art 7 August - 7 October 2023 MuseumsTogether we art is based on the theme of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, a concept from the Maha Upanishad. Art reflects society, the concerns of community, from the political, to the cultural,... -
Dima Srouji at London Design Festival
Spaces within the V&A Museum will be transformed by a collection of specially commissioned installations 16 - 24 September 2023 MuseumsDuring London Design Festival's 21st edition Palestinian architect, artist and V&A 2022-23 Jameel Fellow Dima Srouji presents objects and film that reframe the history of glass in Greater Syria and... -
Rand Abdul Jabbar and Dima Srouji in 'A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A rehearsal on legacy with Zaha Hadid'
Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, OH 22 September 2023 - 24 January 2024 MuseumsTo commemorate the 20th anniversary of its opening, Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is staging an exhibition that traces the artistic development and influence of its late designer, Zaha Hadid.... -
Christie's London: Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World
Group Exhibition 20 July - 23 August 2023 MuseumsChristie’s presents Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, bringing together works of art across mediums in an exhibition which collectively celebrates the creativity, diversity and history of Arab... -
'A journey of the displaced: Making sense of the reflections' - V&A Museum fellowship blog by Dima Srouji
July 21, 2023The Jameel Fellowship programme invites contemporary artists and designers from the Middle East to spend time in residence at the V&A, as part of the Middle East section in the... -
Mona Saudi & Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim at Sharjah Art Foundation
In the Heart of Another Country: The Diasporic Imagination Rises 15 July - 24 September 2023 MuseumsWe are pleased to announce that works by Mona Saudi and Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim are currently part of 'In the Heart of Another Country: The Diasporic Imagination Rises', curated by... -
Abu Dhabi Art announces Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim as this year's visual campaign artist
July 9, 2023Abu Dhabi Art has also announced the selection of Emirati artist Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, who represented the United Arab Emirates at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di... -
FINANCIAL TIMES: Moroccan Modernism at Tate St Ives — postcolonial adventures in abstraction
June 10, 2023Financial Times writer Maya Jaggi unravels compelling narratives of Moroccan artists who seeked to redefine their nation's identity in the aftermath of colonial rule. The Casablanca Trio forms the core... -
NOW REPRESENTING: RAND ABDUL JABBAR
AnnouncementLawrie Shabibi is pleased to announce the representation of artist Rand Abdul Jabbar (b. 1990, Baghdad). Abdul Jabbar was awarded the Richard Mille Art Prize by Louvre Abu Dhabi In... -
Mehdi Moutashar at the Museum of Art and History in Cholet, France
Group Exhibition | 1 July - 1 October 2023Lawrie Shabibi is pleased to announce As by chance!, a group exhibition at the Museum of Art and History in Cholet, France, featuring artworks by Iraqi artist Mehdi Moutashar. ... -
Timo Nasseri: 'Inspire Writing' exhibition at Montblanc Haus, Hamburg
May 4, 2023 - May 4, 2024Timo Nasseri's works are exhibited by Mont Blanc in celebration of its one-year anniversary at the Mont Blanc Haus , a new initiative started by Mont Blanc in May 2022... -
Mohamed Melehi: The Casablanca Art School at Tate St Ives
Group Exhibition 27 May 2023 - 14 January 2024 MuseumsLawrie Shabibi is pleased to announce 'The Casablanca Art School' exhibition at Tate St Ives, featuring artworks by pioneering artists Mohamed Melehi , Farid Belkahia and Mohamed Chebaa, who transformed... -
Lawrie Shabibi is temporarily closed for renovations
We look forward to welcoming you back in September 2023Lawrie Shabibi gallery will be temporarily closed for renovations until September 2023, as we make exciting changes to our space to create a more inviting and engaging experience for our... -
NOW REPRESENTING: DIMA SROUJI
Announcement May 16, 2023Lawrie Shabibi is pleased to announce the representation of artist Dima Srouji (b. 1990, Palestine). Dima Srouji is an architect, artist, and researcher interested in the ground, objects, displacement, restitution,... -
Nabil Nahas: 'Grounded in the Sky' at Château La Coste
Solo Exhibition | 2 April - 13 June 2023As part of his first solo exhibition in France, 'Grounded in the Sky,' hosted at Château La Coste and produced by CMS Collection, American-Lebanese artist Nabil Nahas showcases the various... -
Ishmael Randall-Weeks: 20 Year Survey
Solo Exhibition | 4 April - 18 June 2023We are pleased to announce Metalizamos Nuestras Memorias - Ishmael Randall Weeks' twenty year survey exhibition at the German Kruger Gallery of the ICPNA in Lima, Peru. For over two... -
Larissa Sansour at the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art
Tomorrow's Ghosts | 30 March - 20 August 2023We are thrilled to announce Tomorrow's Ghosts, Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind’s first major exhibition at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, now open until 20 August 2023 in Aalborg, Denmark.... -
Hamra Abbas at the Misk Art Institute
Group Exhibition 15 March - 15 June 2023Hamra Abbas takes part in the ‘Brand New Ancients’ group exhibition on view at Misk Art Institute in Riyadh, KSA. -
Dubai Public Art programme unveils inaugural artist shortlist
The first five Emirati artists were selected, Including Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim and Shaikha Al Mazrou. March 5, 2023Lawrie Shabibi is pleased to announce that Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim and Shaikha Al Mazrou have been selected for Dubai Public Art - a multi-year project organised by Dubai Culture and... -
Art Dubai Modern 2023
Mona Saudi works from the 1970s & 1980s 1 - 5 March 2023For Art Dubai Modern Lawrie Shabibi presents a survey of works by Mona Saudi from the late 1970s - 1980s, bringing together stone sculptures, coloured silk screens that incorporate... -
Art Dubai Contemporary 2023
1 - 5 March 2023Lawrie Shabibi is pleased to return to Art Dubai with an extensive presentation of the gallery's contemporary program, showcasing artworks by Hamra Abbas (b. 1976, Kuwait), Shaikha Al Mazrou (b.... -
Interview with Shaikha Al Mazrou in The Times Sharjah Report
February 15, 2023Shaikha Al Mazrou's Interview with The Times 'Art as a Balancing Act' is featured in The Times Sharjah Report. The artist speaks to Parminder Bahra about her sculpture 'Red Stack'... -
The National: Larry Amponsah reflects on black identity in first UAE show
January 29, 2023The marketplaces of Accra , with their clashes of colours and symphonic bustle, serve as potent inspiration to Larry Amponsah’s paintings — less in terms of subject matter, perhaps, than... -
Shahpour Pouyan at the first Islamic Arts Biennale
My Place is the Placeless | 23 January — 23 April 2023 January 17, 2023We are pleased to announce Shahpour Pouyan's participation in the first Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The works presented are the latest development of a series in which... -
Hamra Abbas Sculpture on view at 21c Museum Hotel
Still, Life! Mourning, Meaning, Mending | January - December 2023We're pleased to announce that Hamra Abbas’s Please Do Not Step: Loss of a Magnificent Story is featured in the group exhibition Still, Life! Mourning, Meaning, Mending, showing at 21c... -
Nathaniel Rackowe commissioned by Yves Saint Laurent
Artist created fifteen sculptures and one large scale installation for in-store display around the world January 2, 2023We are pleased to announce Drift Point, Nathaniel Rackowe’s latest commission for Yves Saint Laurent, made up of fifteen sculptures and one largescale installation, the body of work is on... -
Nathaniel Rackowe participates in Cure³ to raise awareness and funds for Cure Parkinson's
Curated by Artwise in partnership with Bonhams January 13, 2023As a call to action, art and science unite with Cure3 (Cure Cubed) the acclaimed contemporary art fundraising exhibition, established in 2017 and now in its fourth edition, devised and... -
Shahpour Pouyan 'In The Studio' feature in Art in America Magazine
December 1, 2022In an interview with Jordan Amirkhani for the “In the Studio” feature in December's Issue of Art In America, Shahpour Pouyan perfectly captures the central contradiction of religion: “Belief is... -
Louvre Abu Dhabi opens exhibition celebrating contemporary art from the Gulf region
Shaikha Al Mazrou part of the ten GCC artists in the Louvre Abu Dhabi's 'Art Here' showcase November 19, 2022Louvre Abu Dhabi and Swiss watchmaking brand Richard Millelaunchedthe second edition oftheLouvre Abu Dhabi Art Hereexhibition today.On displayuntil19February 2023in the museum’s Forum, the exhibitioncentersaround the theme‘Icon and Iconic’,exploringhow the concept... -
NOW REPRESENTING: TIMO NASSERI
November 3, 2022Lawrie Shabibi is pleased to announce the representation of Berlin-based artist Timo Nasseri (b. 1972, Germany). His first solo at the gallery opens in March 2023. Nasseri explores themes such... -
Shahpour Pouyan at the Hayward Gallery
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art 26 October 2022 - 8 January 2023 MuseumsFeaturing 23 international artists working across recent decades, the exhibition examines the plasticity and the possibilities of ceramics. The artworks on show encompass fantastical creatures and uncanny representations of the... -
Hamra Abbas at the Art Mill Museum 2030 Exhibition
Announcing the future museum of international Modern and Contemporary art in Qatar opening in 2030 24 October, 2022 - 30 March, 2023Lawrie Shabibi is proud to announce that Hamra Abbas will be presenting her commission Flowers: Gardens of Paradise 2 as part of the preview exhibition Art Mill Museum 2030 at... -
SHAIKHA AL MAZROU AT FRIEZE SCULPTURE 2022
14 September - 13 November 2022Lawrie Shabibi is proud to present UAE artist Shaikha Al Mazrou's participation in Frieze Sculpture 2022 at London's Regent's Park, with a presentation of Red Stack, 2022, the largest single... -
TAKING SHAPE: ABSTRACTION FROM THE ARAB WORLD, 1950S – 1980S
Mohamed Melehi and Maliheh Afnan at the Block Museum of Art, United States 22 September - 4 December 2022 MuseumsBlock Museum of Art, Northwestern University will present Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s, a groundbreaking exhibition drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation based in... -
Shahpour Pouyan announced as the recipient of the 2022 Ellsworth Kelly Award
Frist Art Museum will present Shahpour Pouyan exhibition in the summer of 2024 July 13, 2022Lawrie Shabibi is proud to announce that Shahpour Pouyan has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Ellsworth Kelly Award by the Foundation For Contemporary Arts. In the summer... -
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset
Biennale di Venezia 2022 23 April - 27 November 2022 BiennialsThe National Pavilion UAE’s exhibition at the Biennale Arte 2022 (Venice Biennale) is titled Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset.The exhibition presents a new body of work created for... -
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim:
Between Sunrise and Sunset / Works 1986-2022Titled Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset / Works 1986-2022, the monograph is the first comprehensive publication on the Emirati artist, covering his biomorphic abstraction paintings of the 1980s,... -
Public Art at EXPO 2020 Dubai
Shaikha Al Mazrou | Hamra Abbas | Mohamed Ahmed IbrahimLawrie Shabibi is pleased to announce three monumental public art commissions that are now open to the public at Expo 2020 Dubai. Shaikha Al Mazrou's The Plinth (2021) and Hamra...
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