'Rays, Ripples, Residue' Exhibit Marks 10 Years of Art at 421 Campus
Abu Dhabi’s 421 Arts Campus celebrates its 10th anniversary with ‘Rays, Ripples, Residue’, a landmark exhibition of UAE art.
Ten years, 1,500 creative practitioners, 2,000 programmes, and countless ideas shaped under desert light — Abu Dhabi’s 421 Arts Campus marks a decade of artistic evolution with ‘Rays, Ripples, Residue’, a landmark exhibition opening on November 1st and running until April 2026.
Curated by Emirati curator Munira Al-Sayegh, Lebanese editor Nadine Khalil, and writer Murtaza Vali, the exhibition traces the development of art in the UAE through what Al-Sayegh describes as the “ripples” that quietly define a generation.
Presented in three interconnected chapters, the exhibition moves between reflection and revelation. Al-Sayegh’s ‘Leading to the Middle’ maps the spaces where emerging artists find their ground, Khalil’s ‘Ghosts of Arrival’ explores belonging and displacement, while Vali’s ‘SUN’ turns toward the region’s enduring muse — the sun — as both witness and warning to contemporary life.
Featuring works by Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, the late Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Hashel Al-Lamki, Mona Ayyash, Nadine Ghandour, and others, ‘Rays, Ripples, Residue’ reflects on how creative practice in the UAE continues to expand — leaving traces that illuminate what art, community, and continuity mean in a rapidly shifting landscape.
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