A show that asks what landscapes remember, London’s two-Michelin-starred Gymkhana finally in Dubai, fresh pasta by the canal, Yayoi Kusama on the big screen, a proper Moist Paper late night, and a new Palestinian exhibition at Zawyeh. Here is what we are doing this week.

Where? Ishara Art Foundation, Alserkal Avenue

What if land, water and even the sky could remember what happened to them?

That is the starting point for The sky held it, the earth remembered, a new exhibition bringing together three South Asian artists: Shahana Rajani from Pakistan, Rohini Devasher from India and Sarker Protick from Bangladesh. Across film, photography and installation, they look at landscapes not as passive backgrounds, but as places that carry traces of environmental change, displacement and human intervention.

Rajani follows communities in Pakistan’s Indus Delta whose ancestral villages disappeared underwater after the construction of dams and barrages. Devasher turns images of sunspots and other cosmic phenomena into monumental silk panels, while Protick documents the transformation of the Dhaka neighbourhood where he grew up as construction slowly takes over vegetation, lakes and open space.

Where? Gate Village 7, DIFC

London’s two-Michelin-starred Gymkhana has officially landed in Dubai.

The restaurant opened in DIFC at the beginning of September, bringing over the atmosphere of its Mayfair original, itself inspired by India’s historic gymkhana clubs. Think dark timber, patterned carpets, old photographs, lanterns, chandeliers and, downstairs, a rather dramatic Peacock Bar.

Then, obviously, there is the food. The menu moves through nashta, kebabs and tikkas, game and chops, curries and biryanis, and sabzi. London signatures such as tandoori masala lamb chops and kid goat methi keema are here, alongside dishes created specifically for Dubai.

Where? Canal Front, Dubai Canal

Clap of Flour opened this summer at Canal Front, with a pasta bar where the dough is rolled fresh every day. Handmade pasta is the main reason to come, but the place starts much earlier with coffee and pastries, so it works equally well for breakfast, a long lunch or dinner. Come hungry!

Where? Cinema Akil, Alserkal Avenue

If your first association with Yayoi Kusama is infinity rooms and polka-dot pumpkins, this one goes much further back.

Heather Lenz’s documentary Kusama: Infinity traces the artist’s journey from a conservative upbringing in rural Japan to New York in the 1960s and, eventually, global recognition. It looks at the determination behind the work, but also the sexism, racism and rejection Kusama faced while trying to find her place in the art world.

Cinema Akil is screening it this Friday at 8:45 pm at Alserkal Avenue.

Where? Gulf Inn Hotel Al Nasr

Moist Paper Party is back at Gulf Inn Hotel Al Nasr with Cyrill Reaidy and Kirill Zhan behind the decks. Reaidy is known for sets that can move between dub, hip-hop, house, techno, bass and jungle, so do not expect the night to stay neatly inside one genre.

Where? Zawyeh Gallery, Alserkal Avenue

Finish the week back in Alserkal.

Palestinian artist Bashar Khalaf’s new exhibition The Field of Dreams opened at Zawyeh Gallery the day before, bringing together two new series: The Junk Garden and The Protective Shield.

Both look at steel in public space — but not simply as a material. Khalaf turns things like vehicles, barriers, surveillance equipment and discarded metal into a way of thinking about protection, control and power, and about how the same object can change meaning depending on who is using it and why.

The exhibition runs until November 8.