Art Dubai, the leading global platform for art and artists from Middle East and Global South, returns to Madinat Jumeirah Dubai from 11th to 13th March 2022.
This year, Art Dubai features more than 100 contemporary and modern galleries from over 40 countries across four main gallery sections – Bawwaba, Modern, and Art Dubai Digital.
The programme includes several ambitious new commissions by internationally renowned artists, ground-breaking group exhibitions and world-class education and talks programmes.
The 15th edition of Art Dubai will be one of the most ambitious and extensive one by Art Dubai till date. It further emphasizes Dubai’s emergence as an international hub for art and culture and is a major contributor to the global conversations on contemporary art.
Art Dubai 2022 involves over 30 first-time participants, with over 50 percent of gallery programme being drawn from the Global South. This reaffirms the position of the fair as the leading marketplace and meeting point for art and artists in the region.
The debut of Art Dubai Digital is something new this year and it provides a comprehensive 360-degree introduction to the fast-developing landscape, examining the context out of which cryptocurrency, NFTs, video art and virtual reality have grown since the digital art began its growth in the 1980s.
Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Art Dubai is held in partnership with A.R.M Holding.
Artistic Director, Art Dubai, said “ For 15 years, Art Dubai has been a place to discover and celebrate new trends, creating and facilitating conversations, and demonstrating the strength of creative output across the Global South. That so much of the programme is drawn from the Global South highlights the increased interest in and appetite for collecting non-Western art, the strengthening of the gallery scene beyond the traditional centres of the art world, and the role Art Dubai plays as a truly global art fair."
