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Mehdi Moutashar at the Museum of Art and History in Cholet, France
As by chance! 1 July - 1 October 2023 MuseumsLawrie 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. ... -
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,... -
Kayhan Life: Artist Timo Nasseri Campaigns for Change in Iran, Opens First Dubai Solo Show
April 24, 2023On a recent afternoon in Dubai, the German-Iranian artist Timo Nasseri showed a visitor around the Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, where he was opening his first solo UAE exhibition. His black... -
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... -
Abu Dhabi Art
Farhad Ahrarnia | Booth AS3 16 - 20 November 2022Lawrie Shabibi is pleased to return to the 2022 edition of Abu Dhabi Art with a solo presentation of works by Farhad Ahrarnia (b. 1971, Shiraz, Iran). The presentation includes... -
Hamra Abbas at the Art Mill Museum 2030 Exhibition in Qatar
Announcing the future museum of international modern and contemporary art due to open 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... -
The 16th Lyon Biennale: Manifesto of Fragility – Beirut and the Golden Sixties
Mona Saudi & Mehdi Moutashar 14 September - 31 December 2022At the macLYON Beirut and the Golden Sixties presents a pivotal moment in modern history from the vantage point of an ongoing crisis, highlighting the entanglement of past and present... -
Nathaniel Rackowe in Sculpture Magazine
September 9, 2022Between Two Knowns: A Conversation with Nathaniel Rackowe Nathaniel Rackowe’s large-scale, futuristic works are fundamentally influenced by modern urban architecture. Spanning sculpture, installation, and public art, his practice is concerned... -
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... -
Driss Ouadahi at the 12th Berlin Biennale
June 10, 2022Driss Ouadahi participates in the 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, 2022. The 12th Berlin Biennale takes place from June 11 to September 18, 2022 and is curated by Kader... -
Mehdi Moutashar at the Cluny Abbey's Farinier
Discover ten emblematic creations by the Iraqi artist in his solo exhibition at the marvelous French 13th century monument June 22, 2022Mehdi Moutashar's solo exhibition at Abbaye de Cluny entitled TRAME or'FRAME', is installed in the Farinier, a marvelous 13th century building, and brings together nine works from the same French... -
Shahpour Pouyan on view at the Villa Datris Foundation
Toucher Terre: the art of ceramic sculpture May 30, 2022Shahpour Pouyan on view at theToucher Terre exhibition at the Villa Datris Foundation for contemporary sculpture. On view through November 1, 2022, this exhibition continues the exploration of ancestral... -
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 | Embryonic Coat
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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,... -
Exhibition Walkthrough
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EXPO CHICAGO
Asad Faulwell 7 - 10 April 2022For the 9th edition of EXPO CHICAGO Lawrie Shabibi presents a solo of Los Angeles based Asad Faulwell. Faulwell’s practice sits on the cusp of post-colonial modernity, exploring forgotten histories... -
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... -
Art Dubai 2022
9 - 13 March 2022Lawrie Shabibi returns to the 15th edition of Art Dubai bringing together the diverse practices of a multi-generational group of artists - Hamra Abbas (b. 1976, Kuwait), Farhad Ahrarnia (b.... -
Studio Q&A with Ishmael Randall Weeks
From the artist's studio in LimaCoinciding with his first solo exhibition in the Middle East Boundary Space , Lima-based sculptor Ishmael Randall Weeks explains his array of philosophical and design inspirations, from Incan navigation systems... -
Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale: Feeling the Stones
Mohamed Melehi at the inaugural edition of the Diriyah Biennale 11 December 2021 - 11 March 2022 BiennialsThe Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale features a historic collection of jubilant works by Mohamed Melehi, a major figure in postcolonial Moroccan art and modernism in the global south.
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