About Taymour Grahne Projects
Taymour Grahne Projects is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2013, with a 200-square-metre flagship space in the heart of Dubai's Alserkal Avenue, the city's leading arts district, a London office, and an active programme spanning exhibitions, art fairs, and online presentations.
Taymour Grahne Projects represents a core group of major artists from the Middle East, its diasporas, and beyond - spanning the most compelling emerging names, leading mid-career and established voices, and significant estates.
Its programme centres on painting-led practices and artists working across and between the Global South and the West - particularly those whose work reflects layered geographies, diasporic histories, and shifting cultural contexts. The gallery introduces international artists to the region while contributing to broader institutional and critical conversations around practices unfolding across the Middle East and its diasporas.
Over the years, its programme has included a wide range of leading contemporary artists: Ala Younis, Anika Roach, Aubrey Levinthal, Dalal Al Obaidi, Daniele Genadry, Dominique Fung, Francesca Mollett, GaHee Park, Gail Spaien, Hayfa Algwaiz, John Dilg, Lamia Joreige, Maia Cruz Palileo, Mikey Yates, Mohamed Melehi, Morteza Khakshoor, Nadia Ayari, Rida Zahra, Roudhah Al Mazrouei, Samira Abbassy, Sikelela Owen, Stelio Scamanga, Tidawhitney Lek, Ziad Dalloul, and Zineb Sedira, among many others.
The gallery has placed works into major museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The British Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Barjeel Art Foundation, Dalloul Art Foundation, Nasher Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, MACAAL, and X Museum, among others. Its programme and artists have been featured in The New York Times, Frieze, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Financial Times, The Art Newspaper, Artnet News, and The Observer. Taymour Grahne Projects is a member of The Society of London Art Dealers.
About Taymour Grahne
Taymour Grahne is a London and Dubai - based art dealer known for identifying and showcasing some of today’s most significant contemporary artists.
Born in London to a Lebanese mother and Finnish father, Grahne was raised between London, Beirut, and New York. His engagement with the art world began during his studies in International Relations at Boston University, where he founded Art of the Mid East, a platform dedicated to bringing greater visibility to artistic practices from across the Middle East.
After completing an MA in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York, Grahne established his first gallery in 2013 at 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighbourhood. The space - formerly home to the iconic Area nightclub, associated with figures such as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat - set the foundation for a programme centred on major voices in contemporary art.
Grahne holds an MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art and a BA in International Relations from Boston University. He has spoken at institutions including Wellesley College, Kingston University, and Regent’s University.