10 TUE

A surprise is in store for the UAE’s halal industry, and it will be revealed during this year’s Halal World Expo. The largest exhibition in the Middle East for the $2.1 trillion global halal industry will take place until November 12. Halal World Expo will provide halal industry leaders with an international platform to forge business relations and secure business deals in the Middle East and beyond.

Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

6 FRI Making its next stop in Sharjah after Saudi Arabia,  My Father’s House is a photographic project that travels across the Middle East throughout the year featuring works with architectural motifs to explore the role and value of cultural heritage. It features work including photographs from Lamya Gargash’s Presence Series.

British Council, Sharjah, 06-5722666

7 SAT Reflecting the world’s most dynamic markets for luxury goods, Dubai International Jewellery Week provides the platform for global and regional manufacturers to meet buyers from the Gulf, North Africa, India and beyond. This extravaganza of three distinct shows is open every evening and features traders from 20 countries.                                                          

http://www.jewelleryshow.com

8 SUN Art Lounge, a gallery space to showcase best of contemporary European, Middle Eastern, Indian and Pakistani works opens at Grand Hyatt. Dutch sculptor Jan Jacobs Mulder, UAE’s very own Dr Negat Makey and Indian artist Jaideep Mehrotra are displaying works of art along with masterpieces by artist Jamil Naqsh.

Art Lounge, Grand Hyatt: 04-317 1234

9 MON The second intallment of Mahmovies, a series of black and white films at the Jam Jar is held tonight. Head down to Al Quoz to see Last Year in Marienbad, a 1961 film in which a debonaire man tries to convince a woman at the Marienbad Hotel that the two had a previous relationship. This movie is more about the cinematography than the plot.

7:30pm, The Jam Jar, Al Quoz, 04-3417303

11 WED Syrian artist Ahmad Moualla’s large-scale paintings are on display at the Green Art Gallery for less than two more weeks. The layered, colourful calligraphic works appear scattershot and random, but the artist says they were very carefully designed. Go and see for yourself if this is an improvement over Moualla’s previous work depicting conspiratorial groups of people.

Until November 20, Green Art Gallery, 04-3449888

12 THU Collectors beware. Memorabilia opens this week at the Vindemia Gallery in the Kempinski in Mall of the Emirates. The exhibition features loads of Hollywood-kitsch: a signed Michael Jackson poster, records and posters from the musical Grease. Art it is not, but the show should stir up plenty of nostalgia.

Until November 16, Vindemia Gallery, Kempinski Hotel