This June, the Gulf’s dynamic art scene offers a diverse array of exhibitions that explore multiple subjects, from pop culture and spirituality to digital myth-making and diasporic memory. Whether you’re interested in minimalist visual commentary or architectural photography, there is something compelling on view across galleries from Dubai to Doha. Today, we present to you our list of top 10 exhibitions you should not miss this month.
Calm Down It’s Just Art by Thomas Lélu
Until 14 June 2025, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery is holding Calm Down It’s Just Art, famous French artist Thomas Lélu’s solo exhibition. Known for merging photography, installation, and text, Lélu recontextualises imagery from popular culture and mass media to examine themes of consumerism, media saturation, and modern life.
Supernatural·Algorithm by Zhou Song
Making his Middle East debut at Volery Gallery, Chinese artist Zhou Song showcases Supernatural·Algorithm, his latest surrealist body of work that blends nature, belief systems, and digital-age sensibilities. The exhibition will remain open until 17 June 2025.
Al-Mihrab by Khalid Al-Musallamany
Until 20 June 2025, the Fire Station in Doha (Qatar) is hosting Al-Mihrab, a photographic exhibition by Khalid Al-Musallamany. With a focus on Qatari mosques captured in both colour and black and white, the show delves into themes of architecture, spirituality, and cultural heritage.
Vessels of Wreckage by Basmah Felemban
On display until 26 June 2025 at ATHR Gallery in Riyadh (KSA), the Vessels of Wreckage exhibition by Saudi artist Basmah Felemban combines paintings, drawings, digital media, and interactive works. The show builds a speculative world rooted in sci-fi and personal ancestry, as the artist explores her family’s migratory history from Palembang to Saudi Arabia.
Library Circles: Samar Halloum
As part of the Library Circles programme at Jameel Arts Centre, architect and educator Samar Halloum presents a research display that investigates the adaptive strategies of life in refugee camps. Focusing on informal structures and community resilience, this exhibit will be open to the public until 30 June 2025.
The Promise by Bashir Makhoul
Zawyeh Gallery is currently home to The Promise, a solo exhibition by Palestinian artist Bashir Makhoul. Running through 30 June 2025, the show reflects on displacement, identity, and the fragile tension between hope and loss, home and exile.
Being is Elsewhere by Zahra Shafie & Tala Hammoud Atrouni
Organised by the Rizq Art Initiative (RAi), Being is Elsewhere is a dual-solo exhibition featuring Iranian-born Zahra Shafie and Palestinian-Lebanese-American Tala Hammoud Atrouni. Framed in dialogue with Indian-American artist Zarina Hashmi’s Home is a Foreign Place, the exhibition explores memory and the concept of home. It will welcome all visitors until 30 June.
CHROMATIC POP at Oblong Contemporary
This vibrant group exhibition at Oblong Contemporary celebrates vivid expressions of colour and form. On view until 30 June 2025, the show features bold works by international artists such as Laurence Jenkell (France), Umberto Ciceri (Italy), Yana Rusnak (Ukraine), Lola Sergounine (Georgia), and more.
How to Work Together? by Eltiqa
Also at Jameel Arts Centre, Eltiqa, an art collective from Gaza City, presents How to Work Together?, a retrospective of collaborative artworks that spans over two decades. The exhibition, open until 20 July 2025, includes a historical timeline tracing Eltiqa’s development, political context, and collective ethos.
Samur by Zheng Bo
Meanwhile, in Jameel Arts Centre’s Artist’s Garden, Chinese artist Zheng Bo offers Samur, a film installation inspired by the Umbrella Thorn Acacia tree. Blending botany and performance, the work celebrates endurance and ecological interdependence. The installation will remain on display until 31 August 2025.
Additionally, you might be interested in viewing Messages From the Road by Ashraf Abdullah.
