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Art & culture

Provisional Sanctuaries — Shamin Sharum — Tashkeel

Paintings, drawings and small architectural models reveal the improvised prayer spaces hidden within the UAE’s everyday buildings. Shamin Sharum explores how temporary places create belonging in a changing city.

An earlier Tashkeel installation, photographed in 2022; not Provisional Sanctuaries.

Nad Al Sheba, Dubai · Tashkeel Nad Al Sheba, Intersection 5 and 20, Nad Al Sheba 1, Dubai

When to go

24 October 2026–26 November 2026. Daily: 8am–10pm.

What’s free & what to know

  • Exhibition at Nad Al Sheba, not the Alserkal makerspace.
  • Ordinary exhibition viewing only; memberships and paid workshops excluded.
Sources & photo credit

Last successfully checked 27 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.

Original Provisional Sanctuaries detail confirms public run 24 October–26 November 2026 (opening 23 October separate). Original contact page locates Nad Al Sheba1 at streets5/20, distinct from Alserkal Makerspace. Current official calendar gives Nad Al Sheba daily08:00–22:00; current EmirArts venue page explicitly says Admission Free. No closure/cancellation shown.

Tashkeel

Current explicit free admission and hours corroboration (secondary)

Venue address

Original current calendar hours (verified by parent agent)

Tashkeel current venue hours

Photo: Tashkeel Art Gallery Dubai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and compressed; cropped to fit the display.