Panel Discussion: Curating the Future

In this round table conversation in the Art Gallery Reading Room, moderator Maya Allison brings together five curators whose work spans the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and South Asia. The discussion revisits “Gulf Futurism” and asks how curators today are rethinking the future—through hope, collaboration, and critical imagination—across diverse institutional and generational perspectives. Panelists include Nada Raza (Al-Serkal Avenue), Haytham Nawar (Diriyah Art Futures), Nada Ammagui (Sharjah Art Foundation), Moustafa Thaer (Thaer Select), and Talal al-Najjar (Independent Artist and Curator).