Committees
Honorary Patron
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai
Art Dubai is grateful for the support of its patrons and friends, who have made extraordinary commitments to the contemporary arts scene in the Middle East and beyond.
Honorary Board of Patrons
- Chairman: His Excellency Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development
- Saeb Eigner
- Dr Farhad Farjam
- HE Omar Ghobash
- HRH Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- Arif Naqvi
- HE Zaki Nusseibeh
- HE Sheikh Hassan bin Mohammed bin Ali Al Thani
Board of Patrons
- Mohammed Afkhami
- Yasmin Teymour Alireza
- Faiza Meyassar Alireza
- Paula Askari
- Kito De Boer
- Lisa Farjam
- Rami Farook
- Dr. Shayma Nawaf Fawwaz
- Muna Al Gurg
- Dr Lamees Hamdan
- Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi
- Serra Kirdar
- Georges Makhoul
- Fatima Maleki
- Patricia Millns
-
Yola Noujaim
Lekha Poddar - Lulu Al Sabah
- Sheikha Paula Al Sabah
- Ramin Salsali
- Ahmed bin Shabib
- Rashid bin Shabib
- Amir Shariat
- Bashar Al Shroogi
- Çigdem Simavi
- Abir Dajani Tuqan
- Sharaf Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Patrons Advisory Board 2012
- Maria Baibakova
- Dana Farouki
- Ali Yussef Khadra
- Lisa Mamounas
- Fayeeza Naqvi
- Smita Prabhakar
- Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
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Maya Rasamny
Alia Al-Senussi - Abdullah AlTurki
Curatorial Advisory Board
- Negar Azimi
- Vasif Kortun
- Lateefa bint Maktoum
- Salwa Mikdadi
- Jessica Morgan
- Elaine Ng
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Jack Persekian
Gallery Selection Committee
- Chantal Crousel, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
- Lorenzo Fiaschi, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin
- Shireen Gandhy, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
- Ursula Krinzinger, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
- Sunny Rahbar, The Third Line, Dubai
- Andrée Sfeir-Semler, Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg / Beirut
Global Art Forum
Shumon Basar, Director, Global Art Forum_6
