Alserkal Art Month Opens with 50-Artist Group Show 'Déjà Vu' in Dubai
From April 18 to May 18, 2026, Alserkal Art Month will take place in Dubai's Alserkal Avenue, showcasing the group exhibition 'Déjà Vu' at Concrete from April 25 to May 8. Curated by Kevin Jones, Nada Raza, and Zaina Zaarour, the exhibition features over 50 artists representing 20 galleries based in the UAE, exploring themes of memory, cultural inheritance, and displacement. Vilma Jurkute, the executive director of Alserkal, remarked that the exhibition addresses regional uncertainties. Notable artists include Shahpour Pouyan, Juma Al Haj, Rula Halawani, and others. This event aligns with a special edition of Art Dubai and the UAE Pavilion's participation in the 61st Venice Biennale.
Key facts
- Alserkal Art Month runs April 18–May 18, 2026
- Group exhibition 'Déjà Vu' at Concrete, Alserkal Avenue, April 25–May 8
- Curated by Kevin Jones, Nada Raza, and Zaina Zaarour
- Over 50 artists from 20 UAE-based galleries
- Themes: memory, displacement, cultural inheritance
- Alserkal executive director: Vilma Jurkute
- Shahpour Pouyan's Muqarnas dome series references a destroyed 11th-century mausoleum
- Alaa Edris is featured in UAE Pavilion at 61st Venice Biennale
Entities
Artists
- Shahpour Pouyan
- Juma Al Haj
- Rula Halawani
- Alaa Edris
- Lubna Chowdhary
- Bady Dalloul
- Samira Abbassy
- Fouad Elkoury
- Nazgol Ansarinia
- Ismaïl Bahri
- Mithu Sen
- Fayçal Baghriche
- Kevin Jones
- Nada Raza
- Zaina Zaarour
- Vilma Jurkute
Institutions
- Alserkal Avenue
- Concrete
- Art Dubai
- Lawrie Shabibi
- Iris Projects
- Ayyam Gallery
- 1X1 Art Gallery
- Gallery Isabelle
- The Third Line
- Taymour Grahne Projects
- Green Art Gallery
- Grey Noise
- UAE Pavilion
- 61st Venice Biennale
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
- American University of Sharjah
- University of Wollongong in Dubai
- University of Saskatchewan
- Birzeit University
- Royal College of Art
- École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
- Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
- Jameel Arts Centre
- Mori Art Museum
- Centre Pompidou
- Friends of the Institut du Monde Arabe
- Sciences Po
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Burger Collection
- British Museum
- Maison Européenne de la Photographie
- MAXXI
- Tate Modern
- Saradar Collection
- KADIST
- Devi Art Foundation
- Tunis Institute of Fine Arts
- Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Visva-Bharati University
- Glasgow School of Art
- Frist Art Museum
- Dakar Biennale
- Triennale of Sorocaba
- Gwangju Biennale
Locations
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- Alserkal Avenue
- Concrete
- Isfahan
- Iran
- Mosul
- Iraq
- Sharjah
- Jerusalem
- Palestine
- Canada
- Abu Dhabi
- Al Reem Island
- Venice
- Italy
- Dodoma
- Tanzania
- United Kingdom
- London
- Paris
- France
- New York
- United States
- Ahwaz
- Beirut
- Lebanon
- Cairo
- Egypt
- Rome
- Amman
- Jordan
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- Tehran
- Tunis
- Tunisia
- West Bengal
- India
- Santiniketan
- Glasgow
- Scotland
- Skikda
- Algeria
- Nashville
- Tennessee
- Hong Kong
- Gurugram
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Sorocaba
- Brazil
- Gwangju
- South Korea