Abdulrahim Ibrahim Al Kendi (Oman) / Afrah Al Dhaheri (UAE) / Akhil Mohan (India) / Alla Abdunabi (Libya/UAE) / Angel Hui Hoi Kiu (Hong Kong) / Anupama Alias Anil (India) / Bharrati Verma (India) / Camelia Mohebi (UAE) / Christopher Joshua Benton (USA/UAE) / Dhbaya Al Qubaisi (UAE) / Dina Nazmi Khorchid (Palestine/USA) / Hassan Sharif (UAE) / Hasseena Suresh (India) / Indu Antony (India) / Jimmy Jinuchi Sugiura (Japan) / Katarzyna Dzikowska (Poland/UAE) / Maitha Al Omaira (UAE) / Maktoum Al Maktoum (UAE) / Mibin Bhaskar (India) / Mohsen Hazrati (Iran/Berlin) / Reem Al Hashmi (UAE) / Roudhah Al Mazrouei (UAE) / Sabin Mudappathi (India) / Samo Shalaby (Egypt/UAE) / Sara Al Sulaimani (UAE) / Solimán López (Spain) / Vikram Divecha (India/UAE)
The Imaginary Museum takes inspiration from André Malraux’s concept of a “museum without walls”—a space where artworks live beyond their material form, carried forward through memory, imagination, and interpretation.
The exhibition reconsiders art as a vessel for both personal and col- lective remembrance, inviting viewers to see artworks not as fixed objects but as fragments of ongoing narratives. Drawing also on Homi K. Bhabha’s notion of hybridity and Umberto Eco’s idea of the “open work,” the show emphasizes fluidity, transformation, and the active role of the viewer in shaping meaning. Through paint- ing, sculpture, digital practices, and material experimentation, par- ticipating artists explore how memory, identity, and cultural con- sciousness are constantly redefined across time and space.