Art Dubai is the Middle East’s leading international art fair, taking place every March in Dubai, UAE. Since 2007, Art Dubai has cemented its role in being a major catalyst in the local, regional, and international conversations on art from the Middle East and surrounding regions (MENASA – Middle East, North Africa & South Asia), broadening conversations about art from the Global South beyond traditional Western-led geographical scopes and narratives.
Art Dubai 2026 will feature 4 sections:
Art Dubai Contemporary welcomes applications from commercial art galleries from around the world. Final selections are based on the curatorial strength of the gallery's proposal and programme, and applications are reviewed by the Art Dubai Selection Committee.
Art Dubai Modern presents modern masters from the Middle East, Central and South Asia and Africa, featuring presentations by artists who have been influential throughout the 20th century, and whose works play a key role in forming an understanding of the current cultural landscape.
Bawwaba | بوابة (meaning gateway in Arabic) serves as a portal to the discovery of works created in the past year or specifically for the fair itself, offering visitors a curated reading of current artistic developments across wide geographical scopes.
Art Dubai Digital, the premier section dedicated to digital in an art fair, located in Mina A’Salam, will explore the contrasting ways in which technology can shape our near future, and the wide-ranging responses that artists can provide to the challenges that the planet and society are facing today.