Qatar The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Port
• Qajar Women: Images of Women in 19th-Century Iran, until 11 June
QM Gallery Al-Riwaq, Al Corniche Street
• What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China, 14 March-16 July
QM Gallery Katara
• Silks from the Silk Road—Chinese Silk Art, 24 March-9 May
W Doha Hotel & Residences
• Art for Tomorrow, 12-15 March
Sharjah Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Al Taawun Road
• Home Ground, until 1 September
Bait Al Shamsi, Al Buhaira Qurneesh, Al Firdan Centre
• do it [in Arabic], until 23 April
The Flying Saucer, Dasman
• 1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, until 14 May
SAF Art Spaces, Arts Area, Al Shuwaiheen
• Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, 12 March–8 MAY
Bait Al Serkal, Arts Area, Al Shuwaiheen
• Farideh Lashai, 12 March-14 MAY
Dar Al Nadwa, Calligraphy Square
• March Meeting 2016, 12-13 March
• March Meeting Week programme of events, 11-15 March
Maliha, Sharjah desert
• Performance by Taro Shinoda and Uriel Barthélémi: Luna Reflection Transmission Technique 11 March
Dubai Tashkeel, Al Fahidi, House 10, Al Fahidi Neighbourhood
• Jonny Farrow: Myth, Nowhat? 12 March-28 April
XVA Gallery, Al Fahidi Neighbourhood
• Morteza Zahedi: Toy Story 2, 13 March-27 April
Pop-up exhibition space, Dubai Design District
• Global Perspective on Photography, 16-19 March
Citizen E Art Gallery, Dubai Design District
• The Eye of the Beholder, until 19 March
Pop-up gallery space, Dubai Design District
• Mario Testino: HEAT, until 15 April
Dar Al Nadwa
• Sikka Art Fair, 13-24 March
JAMM Art Gallery
• MOP Foundation exhibition VIP preview and auction, 13 March
• Remembering Tomorrow, 14-17 March
The Venue, Dubai Design District
• Design Days Dubai, 14-18 March
• Middle East Emergent Designer Prize by Van Cleef & Arpels, 14 March
• The Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA): fifth season awards ceremony (Happiness), 14 March
• Dubai Photo Exhibition, 16-19 March
Madinat Jumeirah
• The Abraaj Group Art Prize Preview, 15 March, (invitation only, 6pm-7pm)
• Art Dubai, VIP opening, 15 March, 5pm-9.30pm, Ladies’ Preview (invitation only), 16 March, 1pm-4pm, public opening, 16-19 March
• Global Art Forum, 16-19 March
Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel
• Christie’s Dubai Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art—Now and Ten, public preview 13-16 March, auction, 16 March, 7pm
Alserkal Avenue
• Gallery Night, 14 March, 7pm
• Custot Gallery and Jean-Paul Najar Foundation grand openings, 14 March
The Third Line
• Hassan Hajjaj: La Salle de Gym des Femmes Arabes
• Sara Naim: When Heartstrings Collapse, 14 March-16 April
Ayyam Gallery
• Safwan Dahoul: Still Dreaming
• Athier: Machine Hearts, 14 March-30 May
Salsali Private Museum
• German Cool, until 31 March
Lawrie Shabibi
• But Still Tomorrow Builds into My Face, 14 March-19 May
Green Art Gallery, Alserkal
• Seher Shah: The Lightness of Mass, 14 March-2 May
Leila Heller Gallery
• YZ Kami: White Dome, 9 March-25 April
DIFC
• Art Nights at Gate Village, 14 March, 9pm
Ayyam Gallery
• Rashed Al Shashai: Salvation, 14 March-26 May
Art Sawa
• Zena Assi: My City Shore, until 20 March
Empty Quarter Gallery
• Princess Reem Al Faisal Al Saud: Chiaroscuro, 14 March-14 May