Art Dubai announces programmes, partnerships and projects for 2025

Art Dubai, the major platform for art from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, has announced the first details of its programming and partnerships for its 2025 edition.

- Muhammad Yusuf

This year’s edition takes place at Madinat Jumeirah from April 18-20, with invitation-only previews on April 16 and 17. 2025 sees 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, is also on offer. 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, are also in the works.

A series of new site-specific digital installations are debuting at Art Dubai Digital, including by Ouchhh Studio, Breakfast, Jacopo Di Cera and Hybrid Xperience. Art Dubai's flagship transdisciplinary summit, the Global Art Forum titled 'The New New Normal' commissioned by Shumon Basar and curated by Y7, will be presented and the second edition of Art Dubai's Digital Summit, titled 'After the Technological Sublime', will also be on show.