ART DUBAI 2027 - APPLICATION PORTAL

Art Dubai is currently accepting applications for Art Dubai Galleries, Zamaniyyat, Bawwaba, and Art Dubai Extended. To express interest in participating in Art Dubai Digital, please contact sophie@artdubai.ae.

ART DUBAI GALLERIES

Art Dubai Galleries welcomes applications from established commercial galleries that have been operating for a minimum of two years and invites applications within both the Contemporary and Modern markets. Exhibitors are selected on the basis of the quality of their exhibition programme, the artists represented by the gallery, and the curatorial strength of the booth presentation.

ZAMANIYYAT 

Zamaniyyat | زمانيات (from zaman, the Arabic word for ‘time’), is a dedicated platform featuring solo and group presentations that revisit the work of artists who shaped and reshaped modernisms throughout the 20th century and into the present. The selected curator is Dr. Sarah A. Rifky (Egypt), curator, writer, and art historian, who has held curatorial, founding, and leadership roles internationally. These include Townhouse, documenta 13, and Beirut, which she co-founded in Cairo (2012–2015).

BAWWABA

Bawwaba | بوابة (meaning gateway in Arabic) is a platform for discovery, dedicated to solo presentations of new work by emerging artists. Conceived as a space that presents a new generation of practice, it invites artists to showcase ambitious new bodies of work that reflect the cultural, political, and aesthetic concerns shaping their local contexts. The selected curator is Amal Khalaf (Bahrain), curator and artist who serves as the Artistic Director of Busan Biennale and previously served as Director of Programmes at Cubitt (London) and Civic Curator at the Serpentine Galleries.

ART DUBAI EXTENDED 

Art Dubai Extended is a curated section dedicated to ambitious artistic practices that extend beyond the conventional gallery booth. Artist-led and gallery-supported, it welcomes applications from galleries worldwide, including those not participating in another section of the fair. Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director, Curatorial, Art Dubai Group, Art Dubai Extended gives galleries the opportunity to foreground the scale and ambition of their artists’ practices in ways not always possible within a conventional booth.

ART DUBAI DIGITAL

Art Dubai Digital is the leading platform for digital art within an art fair context, bridging past and future and reflecting a culture increasingly shaped by technology. As digital practices become ever more globally relevant, this section brings together visionary artists, galleries, studios, collectives, and tech partners who are reshaping the digital landscape.