Lawrie Shabibi

Lawrie Shabibi Lawrie Shabibi is a contemporary art gallery based in a 3000 sq ft warehouse in Alserkal Avenue in Dubai's Al-Quoz industrial district.

Lawrie Shabibi was founded in 2011 by William Lawrie and Asmaa Al-Shabibi and represents both emerging and established artists from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. For directions please see http://www.lawrieshabibi.com/about-us/

Currently on view at Art Jameel’s ‘Global Positioning System’, Dima Srouji’s ‘The Rule of Superposition 2 ‘ reimagines J...
17/06/2026

Currently on view at Art Jameel’s ‘Global Positioning System’, Dima Srouji’s ‘The Rule of Superposition 2 ‘ reimagines Jerusalem through its layered surfaces and hidden depths.

Drawing on years of archaeological research, the installation brings together mapped sites including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Dome of the Rock alongside imagined future excavations and existing subterranean remains. Through graphite rubbings and traced surfaces, Srouji reveals the city not as a singular narrative, but as a complex fabric of memories, histories, and contested realities.

In dialogue with Global Positioning System’s exploration of navigation, movement, and the politics of mapping, the work questions how knowledge is constructed, preserved, and erased, offering an alternative way of understanding place through touch, memory, and material traces.

‘The Rule of Superposition 2 ‘ is now on view at Jameel Arts Centre as part of the exhibition ‘Global Positioning System’ until October 4, 2026.

Image credits: Installation view, ‘Global Positioning System’ at Jameel Arts Centre, 2026. Image courtesy of Art Jameel. Photography by Danko Stjepanovic.

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GALLERY CLOSURE | Please note that our gallery will be closed on Monday, 15 June, in observance of the Islamic New Year....
15/06/2026

GALLERY CLOSURE | Please note that our gallery will be closed on Monday, 15 June, in observance of the Islamic New Year.
We wish everyone a peaceful and prosperous New Year and look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday, 16 June.

NOW OPEN! ‘Cross Scripts’, our summer show, brings together creatives whose practices move fluidly between categories, r...
06/06/2026

NOW OPEN! ‘Cross Scripts’, our summer show, brings together creatives whose practices move fluidly between categories, resisting the distinctions that have traditionally separated art, design, architecture, and craft.

Across painting, sculpture, furniture, jewellery and textiles, the exhibition traces a series of overlapping visual languages. Geometry becomes ornament. Utility becomes sculpture. Traditional techniques are reimagined through contemporary forms. Historical references, material traditions and systems of making are translated and reimagined, revealing unexpected connections between makers working across different generations and geographies.

Featuring Hamra Abbas, MODU Method by Omar Al Gurg, Farhad Ahrarnia, Sarah Almehairi, Kamrooz Aram, Bernhard Buhmann, Nada Debs, Areen Hassan, KAMEH, Bil Arabi by Nadine Kanso, Mehdi Moutashar, Timo Nasseri, Driss Ouadahi, and Ishmael Randall-Weeks, alongside works by Zein Daouk, Carlo Massoud, Mary-Lynn Massoud, and Rasha Nawam, presented by Iwan Maktabi.

Artworks are courtesy of Bil Arabi by Nadine Kanso, MODU Method by Omar Al Gurg, Kamrooz Aram, Green Art Gallery, Sarah Almehairi, Bernhard Buhmann, Carbon 12, Studio Nada Debs, KAMEH, Areen Hassan, Iwan Maktabi, Carlo Massoud, Mary-Lynn Massoud, Zein Daouk, Rasha Nawam and Lawrie Shabibi.

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We are pleased to present ‘Cross Scripts’, our summer show, bringing together creatives whose practices move fluidly bet...
03/06/2026

We are pleased to present ‘Cross Scripts’, our summer show, bringing together creatives whose practices move fluidly between categories, resisting the distinctions that have traditionally separated art, design, architecture, and craft.

Across painting, sculpture, furniture, jewellery and textiles, the exhibition traces a series of overlapping visual languages. Geometry becomes ornament. Utility becomes sculpture. Traditional techniques are reimagined through contemporary forms. Historical references, material traditions and systems of making are translated and reimagined, revealing unexpected connections between makers working across different generations and geographies.

Featuring Hamra Abbas, MODU Method by Omar Al Gurg, Farhad Ahrarnia, Sarah Almehairi, Kamrooz Aram, Bernhard Buhmann, Nada Debs, Areen Hassan, KAMEH, Bil Arabi by Nadine Kanso, Mehdi Moutashar, Timo Nasseri, Driss Ouadahi, and Ishmael Randall-Weeks, alongside works by Zein Daouk, Carlo Massoud, Mary-Lynn Massoud, and Rasha Nawam, presented by Iwan Maktabi.

Opening Reception
Saturday, 6 June, 2026
Time: 2 – 7 PM
Venue: Lawrie Shabibi, Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
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Eid Mubarak from all of us at Lawrie Shabibi Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous Eid filled with peace, reflection,...
27/05/2026

Eid Mubarak from all of us at Lawrie Shabibi Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous Eid filled with peace, reflection, and togetherness. May this special time bring warmth, generosity, and moments of quiet beauty into your days 🌙

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Artwork shown:
Marwan Bassiouni
‘New Swiss Views #18-1, Switzerland’, 2022
Pigment print on fine art paper mounted on Dibond
200 x 150 cm

‘Rogue Agents of History’ is Larissa Sansour’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands at the Wereldmuseum. The exhibit...
21/05/2026

‘Rogue Agents of History’ is Larissa Sansour’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands at the Wereldmuseum.

The exhibition features three films: the premiere of ‘A Sunken Tale of Losses Delayed’, commissioned by Wereldmuseum, and the films ‘In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain’ and ‘Familiar Phantoms’. In addition, the presentation includes a range of Sansour’s artworks, as well as personal heirlooms, film props, and historical museum objects.

Pirates, ghosts, and guerrilla archaeologists play a central role in the exhibition. These “rogue agents” appropriate historical narratives, disrupt them, and imbue them with new meaning. Drawing on the Palestinian context, the exhibition explores universal themes such as identity, memory, belonging, loss, and the human drive for adventure.

‘Rogue Agents of History’ deliberately blurs the boundaries between eras, fact and fiction. The works span a broad spectrum of past, present, and future—from the Ottoman period and the ongoing Israeli occupation to imagined, bleak future scenarios.

‘Rogue Agents of History’ is currently on view at the Wereldmuseum, Netherlands until September 27, 2026.

Image credits: ‘Rogue Agents of History’, Wereld Museum, Installation View © Aad Hoogendoorn. Courtesy of Wereld Museum and the artist.
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Last day to catch us at Frieze New York! We are at booth D11 collaborating with P420 Gallery 🇮🇹🇦🇪
17/05/2026

Last day to catch us at Frieze New York!
We are at booth D11 collaborating with P420 Gallery 🇮🇹🇦🇪

16/05/2026

We’re open this Saturday, May 17 from 10 am – 6 pm. Make sure you drop by if you’re in the avenue!

Opening this weekend at Storm King Art Center as part of the ‘Outlook’ series, Saif Azzuz presents his first large-scale...
16/05/2026

Opening this weekend at Storm King Art Center as part of the ‘Outlook’ series, Saif Azzuz presents his first large-scale outdoor public art commission, ‘weych-pues / tàkhòne (where the rivers meet)’, 2026.

Taking the form of a monumental sturgeon constructed from steel, aluminum, salvaged car parts from the Hudson Valley, and natural materials gathered from the San Francisco Bay Area, the work emerged from Azzuz’s time as artist in residence at Storm King in 2024. An enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe, Azzuz draws upon Indigenous histories, ecological knowledge, and personal memory to reflect on the interconnectedness of land, water, and community.

Etched across the sculpture’s surface are drawings of native plants, Yurok motifs, and text created in collaboration with the artist’s family and Storm King staff. Strings of beads, steel, and abalone shells move with the wind, while reclaimed hardwood elements remain just beyond the viewer’s reach. Referencing both the Klamath River and Lenapehoking, the work connects ancestral geographies and shared histories of displacement, survival, and resistance.

For Azzuz, the sturgeon — an ancient and endangered species — becomes a symbol of Indigenous survivance, carrying stories of the land and reminding us of the profound interdependence between human and ecological well-being.

Image credits: Photo by Jeffrey Jenkins. Courtesy of the artist and Storm King Art Center.

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Join us at Booth C8 for the Special Edition of Art Dubai () on the occasion of the fair’s 20th Anniversary!Featured arti...
14/05/2026

Join us at Booth C8 for the Special Edition of Art Dubai () on the occasion of the fair’s 20th Anniversary!

Featured artists at the booth include Mona Saudi, Nabil Nahas, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Omar Al Gurg, Saif Azzuz, Farhad Ahrarnia, Ishmael Randall-Weeks, James Clar and Hamra Abbas.

We hope to see you there!

Art Dubai 2026
📌 Booth C8
🗓️ 14 – 17 May, 2026
📍Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

Images are courtesy of the artists and Lawrie Shabibi

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Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
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Saturday 11:00 - 18:00
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