Each November, Abu Dhabi Art Fair transforms Saadiyat Island into the region’s most magnetic cultural stage, a world where galleries, curators, collectors, and creators converge under one shimmering desert sky. But 2025 felt different. Bigger, sharper, more international in its ambition yet unmistakably rooted in the Emirates.
For its 17th edition, the fair swelled into a truly global moment: With over 140 galleries from around the world, including renowned global galleries like Pace and Mennour, regional anchors such as ATHR and Galleria Continua, and fresh voices like Loft Art Gallery from Casablanca or Pedro Cera from Portugal, the fair’s reach was more expansive and diverse than ever.
Abu Dhabi Art 2025 was not simply a fair, it was an entire week of storytelling. It was where the region’s past met global contemporary voices; where the Gulf’s cultural identity was re-imagined through sculpture, sound, paint, and code. And like every year, it was a place where you do not just see art, you experience it.
