MUSEUMS
 
HARAT AL HOSN TEMPORARY EXHIBITION (Ongoing) 
 
The exhibition invites you to walk through memory. Courtyard whispers, rustling palm trees, and the soft hum of daily rituals reveal a past held together by hospitality, resilience, and communal rhythm.
 
Time: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: Al Ain Museum 
  
For more details, please visit: https://www.alainmuseum.ae/en/exhibitions-events
 
GROUP EXPRESS TOURS AT LOUVRE ABU DHABI (Ongoing) 
 
Guided tours are available across a wide range of themes, a brand new sensorial architecture experience, and the immersive olfactory experience, Art in Scents.
 
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Louvre Abu Dhabi
  
For more details, please visit: https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/visit-us/individual-express-tours
 
VISUAL ARTS
 
SEEING OURSELVES (Until 31 August 2026)
 
A visual journey through architecture, landscape, and portraiture, created by Emirati students exploring identity, memory, and contemporary life in the
 
Time: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
Entry: Free 
  
For more details, please visit: https://bfaf.ae/exhibition/seeing-ourselves/ 
 
 
 THE UAE IS BEAUTIFUL (Until 31 August 2026) 
 
A group exhibition brings together works by UAE-based photographers, inspired by the words of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Through each lens, the exhibition captures the country's richness, diversity, and the human stories that shape its identity.
 
Time: Saturday - Thursday: 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM 
Friday: 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM 
Location: Cultural Foundation  
Entry: Free 
  
For more details, please visit: https://culturalfoundation.ae/en/event/the-uae-is-beautiful 
 
HUMAN IN THE LOOP BY DR. AHMAD ALATTAR (Until 13 September) 
 
Human in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation by Dr. Ahmad AlAttar that unfolds through physical interaction, listening, and gradual discovery. 
  
Time: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: 421 Arts Campus
  
For more details, please visit: https://www.421.online/whats-on/human-in-the-loop-by-dr-ahmad-alattar/ 
 
SHEZAD DAWOOD: SKIN OF DREAMS (Until 20 September 2026) 
 
Shezad Dawood: Skin of Dreams is the first mid-career retrospective of artist Shezad Dawood. The exhibition invites you into the richly textured universe Dawood has been shaping for over two decades. Anchored in research, his works draw on diverse references from history, literature, architecture, music, science and technology, allowing him to make fantastical connections and leaps we might otherwise miss.
 
Time: Saturday - Thursday: 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM 
Friday: 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM 
Location: Cultural Foundation  
Entry: Free 
  
For more details, please visit: https://culturalfoundation.ae/en/event/shezad-dawood-skin-of-dreams 
 

SPECTRUM EXHIBITON - BECOMING VISIBLE: BECOMING IMAGE (Until 28 October 2026) 
 
Becoming does not arrive all at once. It unfolds gradually, announced through faint traces, through light, through time, and through what lingers after a moment has passed. From this space emerge the works of the fourth cohort of Spectrum Photography's Residency Programme, born of a shared journey of research, making, and critical exchange.
  
Time: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Manarat Al Saadiyat
  
For more details, please visit: https://manaratalsaadiyat.ae/en/photographycentre/spectrumexhibition/
 

THE EVER LIVING - GROUP ART EXHIBITION (Until 28 February 2027) 
 
Experience life beyond the living - as a force that moves through materials, surfaces, and the spaces around us. In this exhibition, what often goes unnoticed begins to assert its presence, as time settles into things and meaning forms through transformation.
  
Time: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Al Qattara Arts Centre
Entry: Free
  
For more details, please visit: https://abudhabiculture.ae/en/events/the-ever-living
 

AL QATTARA MURALS (Until 31 March 2027) 
 
Group Chat brings together eighteen artists whose murals stand side by side within a shared flow. Meaning emerges not from a single voice, but from proximity, through echo, pause, and return. What binds these works is not resemblance, but the resonance created by their adjacency, where difference gathers into a living conversation.
  
Time: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Al Qattara Arts Centre
Entry: Free
  
For more details, please visit:https://abudhabiculture.ae/en/events/al-qattara-murals
 
SUMMER CAMPS
 
ABU DHABI CULTURE SUMMER CAMP (Until August 2026)
 
The Abu Dhabi Culture Summer Camp brings together some of the Emirate's most iconic museums, studios, and cultural sites through four uniquely themed camp experiences designed for children and young adults. 
 
Time: Times Vary
Location: Locations Vary
Entry: Prices Vary
 
For more details, please visit: https://abudhabiculture.ae/en/Abu-Dhabi-Culture-Summer-Camp

COMMUNIT

BOOKS IN THE CITY (Ongoing)
 
Books in the City is a city-wide initiative that reimagines reading beyond the page - transforming everyday spaces into curated, immersive literary experiences.
 
Time: Times Vary
Location: Locations Vary
Entry: Prices Vary
 
For more details, please visit: https://abudhabiculture.ae/en/books-in-the-city
 
WORKSHOPS
   
THE TEEN COLLECTIVE BY ART STUDIO (From 18 - 20 August)
 
A creative weekly program designed especially for teens from 13 to 17 years old to explore different art techniques and build artistic skills in a fun, inspiring environment.
 
Time: Times Vary
Location: Manarat Al Saadiyat
Entry: Prices Vary
 
For more details, please visit: https://tickets.abudhabiculture.ae/venue/ODY=/workshops/MTUwNQ==?lang=en
 
ART WORKSHOPS (Until 31 August)
 
Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi offers diverse art workshops including sketching and painting, ceramics, and Arabic calligraphy.
 
Time: Times Vary
Location: Locations Vary
Entry: Prices Vary