The Art Gallery at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has announced that it will extend Between the Tides: A Gulf Quinquennial, now open through April 20, 2025. This inaugural quinquennial exhibition has garnered significant attention, bringing together a range of works by artists from across the Gulf and offering different perspectives on cultural, social, and environmental themes.
Co-curated by Executive Director of the NYUAD Art Gallery Maya Allison and Art Gallery Curator and Research Assistant Professor Duygu Demir, Between the Tides explores the evolving art landscape of the GCC through works in visual arts, architecture, and design. Set to recur every five years, the quinquennial series reflects on notable moments within the region’s artistic production, including painting, video, installation, and sculpture. Rather than serving as a comprehensive survey, this exhibition captures significant cultural dialogues and expressions from the past five years, united under a theme inspired by the Gulf’s connection to natural rhythms.
Featured in the exhibition are works by Alia Ahmad, Abdulrahim Alkendi, Mohammad AlFaraj, Noor Al-Fayez, Afra Al Dhaheri, Mohamed Almubarak, Sophia Al Maria, Mariam M. Alnoaimi, Christopher Joshua Benton, Sarah Brahim, Vikram Divecha, Faissal El-Malak, Hazem Harb, Aziz Motawa, Mohammad Sharaf, Shaima Al-Tamimi, Ayman Zedani, and Bu Yousuf, as well as collaborative work, including by Civil Architecture (Hamed Bukhamseen and Ali Ismail Karimi); Aseel AlYaqoub, Asaiel Al Saeed, Saphiya Abu Al-Maati, and Yousef Awaad Hussein; and Camille Zakharia and Ali Ismail Karimi.
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