It’s an art-packed month for culture vultures in the city, with Dubai Design Week, DIFC Art Nights and World Art Dubai all set to take place.
Art and culture fans, consider your November booked. There’s plenty taking place across the city that you need to add to your calendar.
Here are the dates and details of all the art festivals in Dubai for your diary.
Dubai Design Week
Where: November 3 to 8, 2026
Where: Dubai Design District (d3)
If you want your home to look like a page out of out a fancy interior design magazine, Dubai Design Week is one festival you need to visit. Now in its 12th edition, the region’s leading design festival showcases design creations from an array of artists hailing from all across the globe. Once you’ve filled your phone with inspirational photos, head on outside and explore d3 which is dotted with creative installations and interactive displays. Visit the Marketplace and shop original products from the region’s artisans, entrepreneurs and small businesses.
DIFC Art Nights
Where: November 12 to 15, 2026
Where: Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
DIFC will always be one of those effortlessly cool places in Dubai, and come November, it takes it up a notch with the return of DIFC Art Nights. For four days, the financial district turns into an under-the-stars art gallery showcasing art and interactive experiences from global and regional artists. There’s also live performances, workshops and community events.
World Art Dubai
Where: November 19 to 22, 2026
Where: Dubai World Trade Centre, Za’abeel Halls 2 & 3
Walls at home looking a little dull? This November, World Art Dubai returns to the Dubai World Trade Centre. It is the MENA region’s largest retail and contemporary art fair, packed with over 10,000 artworks. The artworks come from over 400 galleries and independent artists spanning over 65 countries. As you wander around, you can even meet with the artists and get creative yourself with the workshop programme. You can even see art come to life right in front of you.
Ticket prices from Dhs30, worldartdubai.com
Alserkal Art Week
Love Alserkal Avenue? You have a brilliant reason to return in November as Alserkal Art Week is taking place. The programme is packed with contemporary art exhibitions, talks, performances, film screenings and more. Inspired by the theme Smouldering, this edition spotlights women modernists from the Arab world, with works by artists including Fahrelnissa Zeid, Samia Halaby and Etel Adnan. The week ends on November 21 and 22 with film screenings, slow art walks and family-friendly activities.
To be announced: Details for the Bluewaters Art Festival are yet to be announced, but as soon as we have more information, we will let you know.
Images: Supplied and Instagram
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