Contemporary Lynx is a proud media partner of the Art Dubai 2025 Art Fair. The 2025 edition of Art Dubai takes place at Madinat Jumeirah from 18 – 20 April, with invitation-only previews on 16 and 17 April.
Since its foundation in 2007, Art Dubai has played an important institutional role in the growth of the local and regional cultural scenes, shaping and delivering high-impact cultural programming through long-term, year-round partnerships with institutions, business and government. Art Dubai’s 2025 programme demonstrates the fair’s commitment to providing significant commissioning opportunities for local and international artists; convening the world’s brightest creative minds through innovative talks and conference programming; and supporting scholarship and professional development programmes to develop the region’s future cultural leaders.
Programme highlights for Art Dubai 2025 will include:
- A new series of performances and site-specific interventions by Mexican artist Héctor Zamora, marking the launch of a new multi-year co-commissioning partnership between Art Dubai and Alserkal Avenue
- A major new digital commission by leading Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem, presented by Julius Baer
- A series of experiential commissions and installations examining the transformation of nature through technology and human experience, including site-specific works by Ania Soliman and Total Arts at the Courtyard
- A series of new site-specific digital installations debuting at Art Dubai Digital, including by Ouchhh Studio, Breakfast, Jacopo Di Cera and Hybrid Xperience
- The first details of Art Dubai’s flagship transdisciplinary summit, the Global Art Forum, entitled ‘The New New Normal’, commissioned by Shumon Basar, and curated by Y7
- The second edition of Art Dubai’s Digital Summit, entitled ‘After the Technological Sublime
These initiatives are an important complement to Art Dubai’s diverse gallery programme, which this year comprises more than 120 exhibitors, including dedicated sections curated by Magalí Arriola and Nada Shabout (Art Dubai Modern); Gonzalo Herrero Delicado (Art Dubai Digital); and Mirjam Varadinis (Bawwaba).
