Arts in Motion

From the structural existence and academic experience to the lively events calendar and global outreach, the arts are woven into every corner of NYU Abu Dhabi. Through efforts from our faculty, centers, and galleries, the University places performance, research, and documentation of the arts as one of its key institutional goals. As Abu Dhabi continues to demonstrate its leadership as a cultural hub for the world, the University will serve as the city's stalwart source of rigorous scholarship and modal expression in the arts.

Upcoming Events

NYU Abu Dhabi will be hosting several events in the coming academic year that explore the arts on campus and beyond. Here are a selection of some of the performances, talks, and presentations that showcase the creative energy at the University.

Research

Even if art shows some traits of the painstaking process used to make it, the research needed to create a body of work is often masked in the final product. Unlike engineering or the sciences, art has no list of annotations or footnotes. Instead, it’s finished and ready for us to experience. Often the pieces NYU Abu Dhabi faculty create are years, if not an entire lifetime, in the making.

Arts Faculty

Our faculty in the Arts conduct research in a range of disciplines and teach classes aimed at empowering students to pursue careers in the field. These classes and their research helped bridge the gap between artists and academia, and often impressed upon students a novel way of thinking, or their global outlook.

Alumni Working in the Arts Field

NYUAD Graduates engage deeply with difference, take up intellectual, creative, and research pursuits, and prepare to live a life of purpose and leadership. Many of our students have pursued careers as artists, curators, composers, or in the field as administrators. Their work has taken them all around the world as they pursue their talents in the arts field.