Fabienne Verdier: From Song to Light at Waddington Custot, Dubai — 16 Nov 2026–16 Jan 2027
Waddington Custot presents “From Song to Light”, a solo exhibition by the French painter Fabienne Verdier at its Dubai space on Alserkal Avenue, opening during Alserkal Art Week 2026. Thirteen works — three paintings and ten screenprints made between 2015 and 2024 — are presented as one trajectory, moving from the human voice to the light of distant stars. They include Voyage d’hiver 3 and 4 (2016), painted while listening to Schubert’s Winterreise; the four Aria screenprints (2021), each derived from a Mozart aria and printed on Verdier’s own studio press with master screenprinter Michel Caza; Nuit d’opéra à Aix (2017), made for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; and three 2024 prints — Nonkanyamba, Mézané and Dara Reaksmey — whose rings of light extend her series Le Chant des étoiles. Verdier, who trained for nearly a decade with Chinese masters of painting and calligraphy, paints standing over canvases on the floor with a large suspended brush, in one continuous gesture.
| Exhibition | Fabienne Verdier: From Song to Light |
|---|---|
| Artist(s) | Fabienne Verdier (b. 1962, Paris; lives and works in France) |
| Gallery | Waddington Custot, Dubai (Alserkal Avenue) |
| Exhibition type | Solo exhibition — 13 works: 3 paintings and 10 screenprints, 2015–2024 |
| Dates | 16 November 2026 – 16 January 2027 (closing date as listed by Alserkal Avenue). Part of Alserkal Art Week 2026. Opening reception: not stated — check with the gallery |
| Address | Alserkal Avenue, Unit 84, Street 6A, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Opening hours | Not stated on the exhibition page — check with the gallery |
| Phone | +971 4 346 8148 |
| As published on the gallery’s exhibition page: [email protected] — check with the gallery | |
| Gallery website | waddingtoncustot.com |
| Official exhibition page | Fabienne Verdier: From Song to Light — Waddington Custot · Alserkal Avenue listing |
| Artist page | Fabienne Verdier at Waddington Custot · fabienneverdier.com |
| Social media | Gallery: Instagram · Facebook · Artsy. Artist: see the official website |
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Our in-depth article on this exhibition follows Verdier’s brush from Schubert’s wanderer and Mozart’s sopranos to the names of the stars. For more openings in Istanbul, Ankara, London, Paris, Spain, Dubai and the United States, see Upcoming Art Exhibitions in Leading Galleries.
Cover image: Fabienne Verdier, exhibition image for From Song to Light. © Fabienne Verdier. Courtesy the artist and Waddington Custot. Please confirm details with the gallery before visiting.