Alserkal
Art Week

Alserkal Art Week’s Smouldering edition explores slow-burn resilience from 15 to 22 November 2026. Features include 'History Otherwise: Women Modernists from the Arab World' (Barjeel Art Foundation), guest projects like 'Promises and Scars' by Sliman Mansour, and the performance 'And What Did You Say?' by Taus Makhacheva. The programme also includes 18 gallery exhibitions, Alserkal Arts Foundation commissions by Iqra Tanveer and Ehsan Ul Haq, Majlis Talks curated by Moataz Nasr, and a moving image takeover of The Yard screens by the Chanel Culture Fund. Exhibition works by Sharmila Samant, Faris Alshafar, Yaw Owusu, Reynier Llanes, Tatiana Chalhoub, Etel Adnan, Inji Efflatoun, Samia Halaby, and Baya.