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Petra Kaltenbach is a fine artist, video artist, graphic designer, curator and art advisor. Born in Duisburg, Germany in 1962, Petra began her career as a graphic designer and held the position as managing director and partner of an advertising agency in Germany from 1991 – 2002.
On March 3rd, the exhibition “Veiled Land” by Hoda Madi opened at the Gasco Gallery in Santiago, Chile. This is a solo exhibition of her work from the past three years. It runs until the end of April.
Opera Gallery Dubai presents ‘Al Nayed’, a retrospective exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Abdulqader Al Rais, one of the defining figures of contemporary art in the United Arab Emirates. The exhibition will run from 26 March to 8 April 2026.
Join XVA Gallery from March 7th to April 6th, 2026 for Jane Beveridge’s first solo show that captures the essence of Dubai, and belonging.
Any serious inquiry into creative practice exacts an immediate toll: the shiver of encounter that art provokes risks being pinned, catalogued, thereby extinguished. In the case of Anna Nafigina (who goes by “Sister Annie”) this risk verges on outright desecration, […]
After decades of silence, Zeef Oria returned to painting not as a continuation, but as a transformation. His recent works feel less like images and more like states of being – suspended between chaos and calm, memory and presence, gesture and stillness. Rather than narrating stories, his paintings invite contemplation: they ask the viewer to slow down, to remain, to listen. In this conversation, we explore art not as production, but as an existential practice – a way of thinking, feeling, and encountering the unknown through paint.
From November 15th to December 11th , 2025 you can explore how environmental activists’ vandalism has transformed museums in stages for protest/performance, as Tor Seidel’s triptychs reveal how these instant acts permanently redefine the meaning and perception of classical art.
Firetti Contemporary, in collaboration with Hunna Art Gallery, presents “I’m Never Coming Back”, a solo exhibition by artist Aidha Badr (b.1996, Brooklyn, NY), opening to the public on September 19, 2025, and running until November 7, 2025.
Renowned Graffiti Artist & Designer Ferhat Kaz is set to make history with the world’s highest graffiti exhibition, “No One Knows I Am Here”, hosted on the 108th floor of the iconic Burj Khalifa.
In a city like Dubai—renowned for its cultural diversity and thriving art scene—we are constantly drawn to artistic voices that transcend geographical boundaries and expand visual experience.
