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28 Jul 2025
teamLab, 2025, from the series Megaliths in the Bath House Ruins, 2019-, Interactive Installation, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
There is no shortage of art spaces in the UAE — sometimes it honestly feels like a new gallery opens every week. Across Dubai and Abu Dhabi (and beyond), you will find everything from classic painting and sculpture to experimental installations, but one of the most exciting shifts right now is the rise of digital art galleries UAE. Today, we are not going to list every single space (even though they all deserve a shout-out). Instead, we are focusing on those galleries where digital art isn’t just an occasional guest — it is the main attraction. If you want to see how the UAE is redefining what an art gallery can be, start here.
Art in Space
This Dubai-based gallery is the brainchild of a team of Italian creatives, and it was one of the very first spaces in the world to offer truly multi-sensory art shows. When it comes to digital art galleries UAE has to offer, Art in Space stands out for its immersive approach.
Here, it is never just about the visuals — every exhibition is a full-body experience, blending sound, light, scent, and even shifts in air temperature into each show. One of their recent highlights was the February exhibition that brought together work from 13 artists around the world, including Kiarash Khalili, LOVECASHIONISTA, and more. Each piece was showcased on massive digital screens, turning the gallery into a place where you don’t just look at art — you actually feel like you are inside it.
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Every exhibition at Art in Space is a chance to discover something new, with immersive visuals, atmospheric soundscapes, and even sensory surprises that make digital art feel more alive and accessible. Whether you are already a digital art devotee or just curious, this is a gallery that never stops surprising and inspiring.
Location: Boulevard Crescent retail 1, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd, Downtown Dubai
teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi
teamLab, the celebrated Tokyo-based art collective founded by Toshiyuki Inoko, officially opened its Abu Dhabi venue on April 18, 2025, and it instantly became the must-see destination for anyone passionate about art and innovation. Everything teamLab creates is a world of its own, and Phenomena has quickly established itself as one of the most breathtaking digital art galleries UAE has to offer.
Spanning a purpose-built 17,000 square metres space in the Saadiyat Cultural District, the gallery completely reimagines what an art experience can be. Here, artworks aren’t fixed objects: they come alive from environmental phenomena, shaped by light, sound, motion, and water. It is an ever-changing ecosystem where visitors are not just spectators — they are part of the creation.
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teamLab, 2025, from the series Megaliths in the Bath House Ruins, 2019-, Interactive Installation, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
One installation we can’t stop thinking about is “Megaliths in the Roots Garden.” Even just seeing a photo is mesmerising — but experiencing it in real life, as the forms move and shift around you, is on another level entirely. It is a space that makes you rethink what art, nature, and technology can do together.
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teamLab, 2025, Installation, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
If you are searching for digital art galleries UAE that are truly next-level, teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi is at the top of the list.
Location: Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi
TODA | Theatre of Digital Art
The UAE’s first digital art theatre. Launched in 2020 at Souk Madinat Jumeirah, it was co-founded by a group of international curators who wanted to bring Europe’s digital art “spectacles” to the UAE.
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TODA’s domed screens and 360° sound system are built for maximum wow-factor. The line-up is always changing, but past highlights have included “Viva la Frida”, live jazz concerts, and VR installations you can actually walk through. TODA is part art gallery, part cinema, part virtual playground — always on the cutting edge of what digital art galleries UAE can be.
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Check their schedule: there is almost always something fresh, immersive, and unexpected happening.
Location: Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Arte Museum Dubai
Arte Museum landed in Dubai straight from Seoul, Korea, where its parent company d’strict is famous for inventing some of the wildest digital experiences ever. Opened in 2023, Arte Museum Dubai occupies a massive space on the waterfront at The Dubai Mall, and the scale is epic: there are huge rooms filled with digital “environments” where you might find yourself in a thunderstorm, or surrounded by blooming virtual flowers, or even on a digital beach.
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The space is an enormous 30,000-square-foot labyrinth of light, colour, and sensory surprises that go far beyond the typical museum experience. The gallery unfolds over 14 immersive zones, where you could be drifting beneath a digital waterfall (“Waterfall Infinite”), wandering through glowing forests, or standing on a starry beach beneath a shimmering aurora. Every exhibition uses a combination of light, sound, fragrance, and even subtle shifts in temperature, all designed to blur the line between art and life. Interactive installations like “Live Sketchbook Coral Reef” and “Live Canvas Desert” invite you to scan your own drawings and watch them come alive on the walls.
What really makes Arte Museum Dubai a standout among digital art galleries UAE is its ever-evolving calendar of shows and collaborations. For example, earlier this year, they partnered with the Musée d’Orsay for a blockbuster exhibition that reimagined masterpieces by Monet, Van Gogh, and other legends as living, breathing digital landscapes. Their “Garden Life of UAE” is another highlight — an ode to the country’s shifting landscapes, from endless dunes to glittering city skylines, all brought to life with sweeping visuals and a soundtrack that pulls you right in.
Location: Level 2, The Dubai Mall (Opposite of Galeries Lafayette)
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