Dubai Design Week and Alserkal Avenue announce upcoming creative seasons

Dubai is preparing for several major cultural events, including the 12th edition of Dubai Design Week, scheduled for November 3 to 8, 2026. Held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in partnership with Dubai Design District (d3), the festival will feature over one thousand designers, architects, and studios. Key installations include participatory works by Arquitectonica, modular structures by Nordic Office Architects, and the CHATAI 2.0 timber structure by Nikken Sekkei and SOBOKUYA.

Simultaneously, the Alserkal Avenue art season is highlighting diverse exhibitions that explore personal and collective identities. Notable displays include the Ishara Art Foundation’s exhibition, ‘The sky held it, the earth remembered’, which examines ecological change through the lenses of land, water, and sky, featuring artists such as Shahana Rajani, Rohini Devasher, and Sarker Protick.