ArtDayME: Currently on view at Rizq Art Initiative in Abu Dhabi, The Imaginary Museum brings together 27 artists from the UAE and abroad, presenting a vibrant dialogue across generations, mediums, and geographies. Curated by Meena Vari, the exhibition draws inspiration from André Malraux’s notion of a “museum without walls”—a space where art transcends its material form to live on through memory, imagination, and interpretation.

The exhibition reimagines art as a vessel of both personal and collective remembrance, inviting viewers to see artworks not as fixed objects but as fragments of evolving narratives. Referencing Homi K. Bhabha’s idea of hybridity and Umberto Eco’s theory of the “open work,” the show emphasizes fluidity, transformation, and the active role of the viewer in shaping meaning.

Through painting, sculpture, digital practices, and material experimentation, participating artists explore how memory, identity, and cultural consciousness are continually redefined across time and space.

Participating artists:

Abdulrahim Ibrahim Al Kendi (Oman), Afra Al Dhaheri (UAE), Akhil Mohan (India), Alla Abdunabi (Libya/UAE), Angel Hui Hoi Kiu (Hong Kong), Anupama Alias Anil (India), Bharrati Verma (India), Camelia Mohebi (UAE), Christopher Joshua Benton (USA/UAE), Dhbaya Al Qubaisi (UAE), Dina Nazmi Khorchid (Palestine/USA), Hassan Sharif (UAE), Hasseena Suresh (India), Indu Antony (India), Jimmy Jinuchi Sugiura (Japan), Katarzyna Dzikowska (Poland/UAE), Maitha Al Omaira (UAE), Maktoum Al Maktoum (UAE), Mibin Bhaskar (India), Mohsen Hazrati (Iran/Berlin), Reem Al Hashmi (UAE), Roudhah Al Mazrouei (UAE), Sabin Mudappathi (India), Samo Shalaby (Egypt/UAE), Sara Al Sulaimani (UAE), Solimán López (Spain), and Vikram Divecha (India/UAE).

The exhibition continues until 30 November 2025.

Photos credit: Rizq Art Initiative