Installation view of IRIS PROJECTS’s booth at Art Dubai 2025. Photo by Cedric Ribeiro. Courtesy of Art Dubai and Getty Images.
“The fair of discoveries” is how artistic director Pablo del Val described Art Dubai 2025 during his opening remarks for the fair’s VIP day on Wednesday, April 16th. The Middle East’s leading art fair is returning for five days to the Madinat Jumeirah with a growing roster of more than 120 galleries representing 65 cities.
In the Bawwaba section, dedicated to booths featuring artworks made in the past year or specifically for the fair, Abu Dhabi’s IRIS Projects made a strong debut with a captivating presentation of works by Abdulla Al Othman. The artist’s site-specific installation continues his “Language & The City” series, previously shown at the Lyon Biennale, that examines the linguistic and architectural changes of Riyadh.
