{"id":4290,"date":"2025-04-21T23:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T23:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/the-best-booths-and-breakout-sales-at-art-dubai-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T23:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T23:24:19","slug":"the-best-booths-and-breakout-sales-at-art-dubai-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/the-best-booths-and-breakout-sales-at-art-dubai-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Booths and Breakout Sales at Art Dubai 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Local galleries made waves, collectors came ready to buy and the fair\u2019s signature global mix\u2014from Tehran to Mexico City\u2014delivered both concept and capital. Spark Media for Art Dubai<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On its way to two decades of life, Art Dubai celebrated its 18th edition from April 18 to 20 at the Madinat Jumeirah complex, an opulent citadel with orientalist airs that looks like something out of <\/span>One Thousand and One Nights<\/span><\/i>. Outside, temperatures hovered near 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), but inside the fair, gallerists and visitors filled the aisles with enthusiasm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With more than 100 galleries\u2014primarily from Asia, Africa and the Middle East but also from Europe and the United States\u2014the fair reaffirmed its global character with a firm commitment to representing the Global South and offering an alternative to traditional circuits. \u201cHere you can see what no other fair in the West can,\u201d summed up artistic director Pablo del Val<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The postcard was typical: women in black abayas and men in white kandoras shared space with Western suits, luxury handbags, champagne glasses and a babel of languages, especially during the VIP days, April 16 and 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sales remained strong across the five days of the fair, including Sunday evening ahead of closing. Experimenter Gallery reported its best opening day in nearly 20 years, selling more than 80 percent of its presentation to private and institutional collections. Brandstrup (Oslo), participating for the first time, placed works by Diana Al-Hadid<\/a> for more than $300,000.\u00a0<\/span>Richard Saltoun Gallery (London\/Rome\/New York) sold out a series by Samira Abbassy<\/a> and placed multiple works by Greta Sch\u00f6dl, while Zawyeh Gallery (Dubai\/Ramallah) sold pieces by Nabil Anani<\/a> ranging from $100,000 to $650,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The big draw was <\/span>Mother Earth<\/span><\/i> by Turkish collective OUCHHH Studio\u2014an artificially intelligent data sculpture with intercontinental projection\u2014acquired by a collector who had traveled to Dubai specifically to see it. <\/span>Also notable was the strong presence of local galleries such as Efie Gallery, evidence of the steady growth and consolidation of the art scene in Dubai.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an energy here, a momentum, that is gaining more and more attention. It\u2019s not like any other fair,\u201d said Benedetta Ghione<\/a>, executive director of Art Dubai. In its 18th edition, the event reaffirmed its role as a platform for urgent narratives and diverse voices from the Global South. \u201cWhat you see at the stands is a reflection of this moment,\u201d said del Val. \u201cA reading of what is happening in the world: the displacements, the migrations, the causes that provoke them\u2014from political conflicts to climate change. But also, a powerful preservation of the culture and identity of each region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Of the more than 100 presentations, these five booths stood out.<\/p>\n

Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Marrakech
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The Comptoir des Mines booth presented both modern and contemporary works from Moroccan artists. Courtesy Comptoir des Mines Galerie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Participating for the fifth consecutive year, Comptoir des Mines brought a solid selection of modern and contemporary Moroccan artists who explore artivism as an aesthetic and political language. Works by post-war icon Mohammed Kacimi<\/a>\u2014deeply influenced by the sea, the desert and global conflict\u2014coexisted with pieces by Mustapha Akrim<\/a>, Khadija Jayi<\/a>, Fatiha Zemmouri<\/a> and Mohamed Arejdal<\/a>, the latter with sales to collectors from Bahrain, Beirut, Rabat and Marrakech. With prices ranging from $20,000 to $26,000, the booth centered around a poetic question: how can poetry be reinvented in a world overshadowed by desolation?<\/span><\/p>\n

BREAKFAST, Ace Art Advisory, New York<\/b><\/h3>\n
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A work from BREAKFAST\u2019S series Warming Seas<\/em>, featuring viewer\u2019s reflection fragmented and altered by temperature data. Photo by Cedric Ribeiro\/Spark Media for Art Dubai<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BREAKFAST<\/a>\u2014a key figure in digital and kinetic art\u2014presented a solo booth with limited-edition works, including pieces from the <\/span>Warming Seas<\/span><\/i> series, which translates oceanic data into dynamic visualizations, and <\/span>Interwoven Existence<\/span><\/i>, an installation of more than 6,000 kinetic discs previously shown at the 2024 Venice Biennale. His monumental sculpture <\/span>Carbon Wake<\/span><\/i> welcomed visitors at the entrance to the Digital section. The booth attracted Dubai-based collectors, who purchased several kinetic pieces ranging from $30,000 to $80,000\u2014reaffirming interest in his innovative crossover between art, data and environmental awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Galer\u00eda RGR, Mexico City<\/b><\/h3>\n
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RGR\u2019s debut bridged Latin American geometric abstraction with contemporary symbolism, featuring standout works by Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jeppe Hein and Magali Lara. Courtesy of Galer\u00eda RGR<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In its first showing at Art Dubai, RGR offered a thoughtful curatorship linking Latin American geometric abstraction with contemporary practices inflected by the symbolic, the spiritual and the political. Historical works by artists Carlos Cruz-Diez<\/a>, Jes\u00fas Rafael Soto and Julio Le Parc<\/a> entered into dialogue with recent pieces by Jeppe Hein<\/a>, Francisco Mu\u00f1oz and Magali Lara<\/a>. Standouts included Hein\u2019s mirrored sculpture, a <\/span>Cromointerferencia<\/span><\/i> by Cruz-Diez that shifts viewers\u2019 perception of color in real time and Hamilton\u2019s <\/span>Atacama<\/span><\/i> collages, which merge landscape and historical memory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pinksummer, Genoa<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Pinksummer presented Tom\u00e1s Saraceno\u2019s Foam<\/em> series, where translucent orbs shift color with the light, creating an ethereal installation that invited quiet reflection in one of the fair\u2019s most atmospheric spaces. Photo by Cedric Ribeiro\/Spark Media for Art Dubai<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the \u201cBawwaba\u201d section\u2014Arabic for \u201cgateway\u201d and dedicated to solo presentations from the Global South\u2014Italian gallery Pinksummer presented a mesmerizing installation by Argentinean artist Tom\u00e1s Saraceno. Known for his transdisciplinary approach that fuses science, art and ecology, Saraceno showed a piece from his <\/span>Foam<\/span><\/i> series: suspended sculptures made of colored Plexiglas that simulate bubbles floating in a shaken glass. With transparent, geometric forms\u2014some dodecahedral, some irregular\u2014the works create an optical experience that evokes shifting constellations or cellular patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dastan Gallery, Tehran<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Dastan\u2019s 11th showing spotlighted contemporary Iranian artists, with Pooya Aryanpour\u2019s striking fuchsia sculpture anchoring a booth rich in spiritual and conceptual depth. Photo by Ismail Noor\/Courtesy Dastan Gallery<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Returning for its 11th participation, Dastan brought together a multigenerational presentation of contemporary Iranian artists. Pooya Aryanpour<\/a>\u2019s untitled sculpture ($160,000)\u2014a large-scale, fuchsia piece with a fragmented surface that evokes both organic forms and architectural structures\u2014stood out for its reflection on spirituality in the contemporary era. Works by Reza Aramesh<\/a>, Taher Asad-Bakhtiari<\/a> and Farrokh Mahdavi<\/a> rounded out the booth, which celebrated both aesthetic richness and conceptual depth. Prices ranged from $700 to $160,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

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