ArtDayME: Art Dubai, the leading international platform for art and artists from the Middle East and the Global South, today announced the list of participating exhibitors for its 2024 edition, which will take place at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. Held under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the fair will be held from 1 to 3 March, with previews on 28 February and 29 February. 

The fair’s 17th edition will bring together over 100 exhibitors across four gallery sections: Contemporary, Art Dubai Modern, Bawwaba (meaning Gateway in Arabic) and the third edition of Art Dubai Digital, the only dedicated digital section of any major international art fair. 

Art Dubai Contemporary

Art Dubai Contemporary showcases galleries from around the world, ranging from emerging art scenes to established centers, and offers new global perspectives to help cultivate a culture of discovery.

Applications are reviewed by the Art Dubai Selection Committee comprised of Andrée Sfeir-Semler, Founder, Sfeir-Semler Gallery (Beirut/Hamburg), Priyanka Raja, Co-Founder, Experimenter, (Kolkata/Mumbai) and Ursula Krinzinger, Founder, Galerie Krinzinger (Vienna).

The exhibitors of Art Dubai Contemporary 2024:

Gallery 1957 - Accra / London

ADA Contemporary Art Gallery - Accra

Aicon - New York

Aisha Alabbar Gallery - Dubai 

Akara Contemporary - Mumbai

AKKA Project - Venice 

ALBARRÁN BOURDAIS - Madrid

Almine Rech - New York / Paris

Andréhn-Schiptjenko - Paris 

Art: Concept - Paris

Aspan Gallery - Almaty

ATHR - AlUla / Jeddah / Riyadh

Ayyam Gallery - Dubai

CARBON 12 - Dubai

Chemould Prescott Road - Mumbai

Comptoir Des Mines Gallerie - Marrakech

Custot Gallery - Dubai

Dastan Gallery - Tehran / Toronto

Gallery Dr. Dorothea Van Der Koelen - Mainz / Venice

Efie Gallery - Dubai

Galeria Espacio Continuo - Bogota

Gajah Gallery - Jakarta / Singapore / Yogyakarta

Galerie Tanit - Beirut / Munich

Galleria Continua - Beijing / Boissy-le-Châtel / Havana

Galleria Studio G7 - Bologna

Gallery One - Ramallah

Gallery Espace - New Delhi

Giorgio Persano - Torino

Green Art Gallery - Dubai

Grosvenor Gallery - London

GVCC - Casablanca / Paris

Hafez Gallery - Jeddah

Gallery Isabelle - Dubai

Leila Heller Gallery - Dubai / New York

Madragoa - Lisbon

Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art - Salzburg

MARUANI MERCIER - Brussels

Mazzoleni - Torino

Meem Gallery - Dubai

NATURE MORTE - New Delhi

O Gallery - Tehran

P420 - Bologna

PERROTIN - Dubai

Project 88 - Mumbai

Peres Projects - Berlin / Milan / Seoul

RONCHINI - London

The Rooster Gallery - Vilnius

Sabrina Amrani - Madrid

Saleh Barakat Gallery - Beirut

Saskia Fernando Gallery - Colombo

Sfeir-Semler Gallery - Beirut / Hamburg

Shrine Empire - New Delhi 

Stems Gallery - Brussels / Paris

SARAI Gallery - Mahshahr

SANATORIUM - Istanbul

Plan X - Milan

The Third Line - Dubai

Tabari Artspace - Dubai

Thomas Brambilla - Bergamo

Vadehra Art Gallery - New Delhi

Voloshyn Gallery - Kyiv

Yeo Workshop - Singapore

Zawyeh Gallery - Ramallah

Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery - Dubai / Luxembourg / Paris

Zilberman - Istanbul

Bawwaba​

Bawwaba, meaning ‘gateway’ in Arabic, is curated by Emiliano Valdés, Chief Curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Medellin and Associate Curator for the 10th Gwangju Biennale.

This section will present 10 solo presentations featuring artworks created within the past year or conceived for the fair. Bawwaba will showcase artists from the Global South who think of art as a place of reckoning and healing, confronting social and political issues, engaging in critical dialogue, and creating a sense of community and belonging.

Through a variety of mediums, these artists explore art as a catalyst for change, transformation, and healing, and the section will investigate how these processes change across regions.

The exhibitors of Art Dubai Bawwaba 2024:

Anant Art Gallery - New Delhi

BARÓ Galeria - Palma de Mallorca

Blueprint12 - New Delhi

Emami Art - Kolkata

GALERÍA EXTRA - Guatemala City

TASHKEEL - Dubai

Invernizzi Art Lab - Montevideo

LATITUDE 28 - New Delhi

Perve Galeria - Lisbon

Secci Gallery - Florence / Milan / Pietrasanta

Art Dubai Modern

Art Dubai Modern is curated by Dr Christianna Bonin, Assistant Professor of Art History at the American University of Sharjah. The section will highlight the cultural dynamics that gave rise to today’s Global South.

The post-World War II geopolitical landscape of these regions created intricate cultural links, in particular for the many artists who studied in Soviet metropoles through Cold War-era exchanges. Reflecting the polyphonic nature of these relations, this section will encompass artists from Central and South Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

The exhibitors of Art Dubai Modern 2024:

Afriart Gallery - Kampala

Agial Art Gallery - Beirut

Gazelli Art House - Baku / London

Hafez Gallery - Jeddah

Leila Heller Gallery - Dubai / New York

Mark Hachem - Beirut / New York / Paris

Meem Gallery - Dubai

Saskia Fernando Gallery - Colombo

Voloshyn Gallery - Kyiv

Art Dubai Digital

Art Dubai Digital explores the intersection of new media art and technologies in order to expand our understanding of contemporary culture.

In 2024, the section will be curated by the dynamic duo of Auronda Scalera and Alfredo Cramerotti, co-directors of IAM-Infinity Art Museum in the metaverse and Multiplicity-XXnft curatorial and publishing platform. Continuing their investigation of new tendencies in digital arts, AI, AR, VR, and NFTs, they will present Art Dubai Digital through the lens of advanced technologies and offer possible approaches for the future of art and its perception.

The exhibitors of Art Dubai Digital 2024:

1OF1 - Zug

37xDubai - Dubai

Koshta.Collective - London

Unit London - London

Bitforms Gallery - New York

Cinello - Florence

GAZELL.IO - Baku / London

Gallery Now Seoul - Seoul

Hofa Gallery - London / Mykonos

Looty - Dubai

MORROW Collective - Dubai

Ninteensixthyeight - London

Sanji Gallery - Seoul

ART IN SPACE - Dubai

Tabari Artspace - Dubai

TAEX - London

Holy Club - Carnate

TON Diamonds - Lisbon