Past
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Khalid Jauffer
Looking, dwelling, leaving 7th May - 28th June 2024 Consciousness and sensitivity are compromised states. Part and parcel of the comfort of habit is an ignorance of the environments we occupy, move between and pass, enjoying the ease of simplifying the lexicon of the public realm into digestible blocks, like consuming simple carbohydrates. It is in a less comfortable state of indefinite consciousness and sensitivity that Khalid occupies the world, finding, in the remains of society, metaphoric potential. Read more -
Ala Ebtekar
The Sky of the Seven Valleys 7th May - 28th June 2024 Clouds take shape where earth’s elements meet the heavenly firmament. Floating through the air like translucent ships navigating the sea of sky above, their condensed liquid mass appears weightless above our terrestrial horizon, suggesting the visual and material limit of our earthbound human perspective underneath infinite fathoms of a celestial vault. Beyond this liminal zone between damp atmosphere and dry space, high clouds skim along the cosmic surface, often shrouding where planetary bodies sit high above. Once a cloud releases its water and returns back down to the telluric surface, the orbiting luminous spheres of the sun, moon, and stars appear. Read more -
Farah Al Qasimi
Toy World 27th February - 19th April 2024 The Third Line is pleased to announce Toy World, our fourth solo exhibition with Farah Al Qasimi. The exhibition debuts a collection of still and moving images in black and white and color. Read more
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Pouran Jinchi
Fly Like Dandelions 11th January - 16th February, 2024 Pouran Jinchi was inspired to embark on this new body of work, Fly Like Dandelions, after reading an article titled Great Climate Migration in the New York Times. The article tells the story of Jorge A., a Guatemalan farmer forced to flee due to climate change's impact on agriculture. Jinchi's inspiration for this series stems from landscapes affected by climate change, such as ghost forests and arid lands. Read more -
Kamran Samimi
Before Nature (I Am Both Created and Destroyed) 11th January - 16th February, 2024 Kamran Samimi's first exhibition with The Third Line – Before Nature (I Am Both Created and Destroyed) – draws inspiration from the land's rich tapestry of natural materials. During his three-week trip to Dubai in the lead up to this exhibition, Samimi harnessed the organic shapes of the UAE's mountains and rocks to produce his paintings titled Translations (2024). He also produced a large stone sculpture titled Unbroken Column (2024) during his time in Dubai, which is installed outdoors in Alserkal Avenue. Delving into the concealed narratives of the UAE's mountainous terrain, Samimi's practice is deeply rooted in a profound sense of place. As he explores the dynamics between human and non-human ancestors, his multicultural identity (Iranian/Norwegian, raised in rural Hawai'i) lends a distinctive perspective to unravelling these connections and conflicts. Read more -
Nima Nabavi and Jason Seife
Duality 14th November, 2023 - 5th January, 2024 The Third Line is pleased to announce Duality, featuring new works by artists Nima Nabavi and Jason Seife. Duality is a showing of two artists working together in symbiosis, a product of an enduring "art friendship". In ways both literal and metaphorical, the exhibition is a way of putting pen to paper on developments that were organically occurring when two artists who share a particular way of seeing collide. Read more
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Sahand Hesamiyan
Prolepsis 28th September 3rd November, 2023 The Third Line is pleased to announce our third solo exhibition with Sahand Hesamiyan. Marking the artist’s 24-year journey with steel, Prolepsis will showcase a collection of sculptures that celebrate his dedication to this medium, and shine a light on a trove of long-cherished yet unrealised projects. Read more -
Lamya Gargash
Isthmus 23 May - 21 July 2023 Read more -
Anuar Khalifi
Mirror Ball 6th April - 19th May, 2023 The Third Line is pleased to announce our second solo exhibition with Spanish-Moroccan artist Anuar Khalifi. The exhibition, titled Mirror Ball, will debut a unique sculpture together with a series of richly detailed and vibrant paintings that continue the artist’s ongoing exploration into the complexities of personal identity and the experience of living between two worlds, both seen and unseen. Read more
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Perpetual Inventory, Volume 1: An Exercise in Looking
Curated by Dr. Omar Kholeif 19th December, 2022 - 29th January, 2023 The Third Line announces Perpetual Inventory, Volume 1 and Dr. O’s Pop Shop: The Live Edition , opening 19 December 2022 at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. The exhibition continues until 29... Read more -
Sarah Awad
Rainbow Clearance and Other Paintings 14th November - 16th December, 2022 The Third Line is pleased to announce Rainbow Clearance and Other Paintings, our first solo exhibition with Los Angeles based artist Sarah Awad. Occupying both gallery spaces, Awad presents a series of new paintings that traverse notions of space, colour and the act of looking.
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Youssef Nabil
The Beautiful Voyage 22nd September - 28th October, 2022 The Third Line is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Youssef Nabil. 'The Beautiful Voyage' presents a curated selection of recent works including photographs of cinematic landscapes and imaginary self-portraits, as well as the regional debut of Nabil’s fourth video, also called 'The Beautiful Voyage' (2021).
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Sara Naim
Rose Tinted 12 May - 8 Jul 2022 The Third Line is pleased to present Sara Naim's third solo exhibition at the gallery. Rose Tinted introduces a new body of work featuring photographs based on utopian scenes that don't entirely correspond with their sculpted forms. For the last time after six years, Naim uses plexiglass, wood and print in her wall and floor-based artworks, which contain imagery related to food, land, and objects depicted in an idealised form. Read more -
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Messages with(out) a code 8 Mar - 26 Apr 2022 The Third Line is pleased to present a solo exhibition by artists and filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige. The exhibition proudly debuts The Third Line's newly renovated space, which... Read more -
NOTES ON HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR PLANTS
13 Oct - 22 Nov 2021 The Third Line is pleased to launch an online exhibition that includes works by Abbas Akhavan, Amir H. Fallah, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Pouran Jinchi and Sophia Al Maria.
With an experiential essay by Saira Ansari that borrows from the writer’s memory, the selection of drawings, paintings and video references the fragility of remembrance and the terror of possibility. Soil, sand, flowers and leaves come together with plastics and death to explore what it could mean to read the works outside of their intended context, and still reach the same end. Read more
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Anuar Khalifi
Palimpsests 1 - 30 Jul 2021 The Third Line is pleased to present a selection of recent works by Anuar Khalifi. Based between Spain and Morocco, Anuar’s works examine identity and traverse worlds, both real and... Read more -
Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Odysseus 22 Mar - 5 May 2021 The Third Line is pleased to present Tarek Al-Ghoussein's fourth solo exhibition in its Gallery II. Odysseus also proudly debuts the gallery's series of online exhibitions taking place on its... Read more
