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Practical, readable guides to navigating the Gulf art scene — whether you're visiting, collecting, making or just starting to look.
Everything you need to know about the Red Sea Museum
A lively guide to Jeddah’s Red Sea Museum, exploring its galleries, collections and cultural programmes inside the historic Bab Al-Bunt building.
Your guide to Emirates LitFest 2026
Explore Emirates LitFest 2026 in Dubai with workshops, talks, family-friendly sessions, and Art in the Middle graffiti fun.
Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival 2026: A Journey Through "Civilizations"
Discover the Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival 2026, featuring 106 artists from 49 nationalities across exhibitions, performances, workshops, films, heritage tours, and culinary experiences in the historic Al Jazeera Al Hamra village.
Your guide to the Abu Dhabi Festival 2026
The Abu Dhabi Festival returns in 2026 with “The Wisdom of Culture” theme, celebrating global arts and cultural exchange. Featuring over 1,000 artists from 19 countries, highlights include Grammy-winning Jon Batiste, HAUSER, the American Ballet Theatre, and world premieres like Algarabía. The festival runs from 10 October to 19 December 2026 across iconic Abu Dhabi venues.
Your guide to Abu Dhabi Art 2025
Abu Dhabi Art 2025 returns to Manarat Al Saadiyat, uniting global and local creatives in the heart of Saadiyat Cultural District.
Your complete guide to Dubai Design Week 2025
Discover everything you need to know about Dubai Design Week 2025 - dates, designers to watch, key events, and where it’s happening.
Sole DXB 2025: your guide to Dubai’s biggest culture festival
Sole DXB 2025 lands in Dubai this December with Kaytranada, Tyla and Miguel. A full weekend of music, fashion, art, sport and food. Here's your guide.
Top acts to catch at Dubai Comedy Festival 2025
Dubai Comedy Festival returns this October from the 2nd to the 12th, bringing 22 comedians to stages across the city. With performances in Arabic, English, Urdu, Hindi, Russian, and French, the festival promises a mix of smart, relatable humour that celebrates comedy in all its forms. Don’t miss top acts like Malik Al-Masarah, Omid Djalili, and Joanne McNally at Dubai Opera for a laugh-filled October.
R&B, hip-hop and indie are the name of the game at Abu Dhabi’s BRED 2025 Festival line-up
Celebrated for its exciting line-ups, BRED Abu Dhabi has been a fixture in Abu Dhabi's musical events calendar for three years. The festival is back again and is set to take place from April 23 to 27, 2025, at the iconic Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island. This event, billed as the neo-culture festival, promises to be one of the region's most anticipated cultural festivals of the year.
A design lover’s guide to Dubai’s most beautiful restaurants
For those looking for a restaurant that is not only delicious, but beautiful too, these spots deliver on both. Dubai isn’t short on places to eat, but these stand out for their thoughtful design, statement décor, and art-filled spaces that make you want to stay all night (while taking mental notes for your dream home).
A Guide to Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival 2025
The final week of the 13th edition of Ras Al Khaimah Art is here, set against the striking backdrop of Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village - a beautifully preserved site that provides the perfect setting for this year’s theme: Memory.












