Art Dubai announces its session program

Art Dubai, the leading international fair in the Middle East, revealed full details of its programs for its sixteenth session, which will be held in the city of Jumeirah Dubai from 3 to 5 March 2023.

Dubai is a leading meeting place in cultural innovation

According to the Dubai Media Office, the "Art Dubai" program for the year 2023 was developed in cooperation with a wide range of local and international cultural partners.

To become the most integrated program ever since the inception of the exhibition until now, as it celebrates Dubai's cultural status regionally and internationally as a leading meeting place in cultural innovation.

The program also reflects the role of Art Dubai as a meeting point for creative communities in the Global South.

130 showrooms

It is noteworthy that the sixteenth session of the exhibition “for the year 2023 includes more than 130 participating galleries

from more than 40 countries and six continents,

Through its four sections: “Contemporary”, “Modern”, “Gateway”, and “Art Dubai Digital”.

The fair welcomes more than 30 new participants for the first time.

New artistic assignments

Highlights of the 2023 program include premieres of some of the art world's most important leaders and a series of works

Featuring 10 new commissions from South Asia, the program will feature more than 50 panel discussions and a diverse educational programme. In addition to the pioneering “Global Art Forum” and the launch of the first Christie's Art and Technology Summit in Dubai,

as well as a series of recent high-level talks presented in partnership with The Dubai Collection, the first institutional art collection of its kind focusing on the theme of sustainability in partnership with The Artworks Conference.

Campus Art Dubai

It is noteworthy that the exhibition initiative for cultural professional development will expand in the region through the annual art fair “Campus Art Dubai”, in celebration of its tenth edition, and the “Campus Art Dubai” CAD exhibition is the first program of its kind in the region,

Art Dubai Digital also launched as a new, physical section of the fair in March 2022, offering an annual 360-degree snapshot of the digital art scene.

The expanded 2023 edition of Art Dubai Digital welcomes a select group of participants with innovative new media programs and a range of digital platforms that build virtual art spaces.

world art forum

The exhibition during this session also explores the interdisciplinary “Global Art Forum”, and the exhibition will also be presented in partnership

With The Dubai Collection, a series of informative talks addressing the topics of modern art and business acquisition.

The first technical and technical regional summit

During this session, Christie's will host its first regional art and technology summit in cooperation

With the "Art Dubai" exhibition, the Swiss wealth management group Julius Baer will renew its agreement

As a main partner of “Art Dubai” for another five years, until 2027.

The return of the Sikka Art and Design Festival

The SIKKA Art and Design Festival will return to Dubai's historic Al Fahidi district for its XNUMXth edition, with a notable series of solo exhibitions for galleries across the city.

Hosting a group of international artists

In turn, Bidu, the leading company in the field of third-generation web technologies and solutions, “Web 3” in Dubai, announced,

About hosting a group of international artists during its participation in the activities of the World Art Exhibition Dubai 2023 next month,

Through its “UAENFT Keypass” membership initiative, the company provides a digital platform to introduce artists to the world of non-fungible NFT tokens.

And encourage them to move from the medium of traditional art and enter the field of art based on web technologies

Art Dubai launches in March