ANCESTRAL FUTURES
OPENING JUN 27 / 7-9PM
𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 explores how materiality, memory, and ritual are infusing contemporary Arabic design practices, weaving ideas across worlds and time. These are objects of enchantment.
Shaped with Emirati curator Fatma Al Mahmoud, the exhibition brings together leading voices in Middle Eastern art and design from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the UAE. Featuring work by Sara Aahli, Abdulla Buhijji, Tamara Barrage, Sultan Bin Fahad, Wafa Al Falahi, Omar Al Gurg, Areen Hassan, Talin Hazbar, Layth Mahdi, Maktoum Al Maktoum, Pots & Pines, Kawther Al Saffar, Neda Salamanpour, and Nuhayr Zein. At its core, 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 invites us to mine memory as material, creating tomorrows that honor yesterday in every step.
Friday Gallery will host an opening reception during the LA Design Festival, with a curator-led tour of the work alongside key artists and designers from the exhibition.
ART, OBJECTS & EDITIONS
DISPATCHES FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Friday exists to enable the discovery of rising creative voices from the Global South, curating art, objects, and editions from across the Middle East, South Asia, and beyond. Our space blends an art gallery with a design concept store to create a rotating seasonal platform celebrating brown artists, designers, and artisans.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
PAST EXHIBITIONS
"ON HOPE: Inanna's Revolution" explores the fierce power of mythic beauty across time and culture — a force of sensual and spiritual nourishment that gives birth to hope. This is not gentle softness, but the electric vibrancy of untamed beauty that tears at our flesh, pierces our gaze, and stands in defiance of injustice with proud hands on hips. Through beauty, we feast on hope.
Al Karim's large-scale photography honors the Sumerian mythology of Inanna, who suffered in the depths of darkness, only to return to the fullness of her power with a glint of garnet in her eyes. His photography embraces the full material possibilities of the medium, with techniques spanning antiquated darkroom production to digital manipulation as he expands its boundaries.
FRIDAY IS A HOME FOR THE FOREVER CURIOUS
Each Friday season is anchored in a rotating theme, with the art, fashion, and object curation bound together in a shared spirit.
From South Asian maximalism, to the surrealist visions of feminist Iraqi photographers, to queer gothic brujas in Mexico, we peel back old divides to celebrate the cultural voices of tomorrow.
WINTER 25 COLLECTION
ON HOPE
For “ON HOPE,” we pair Halim Al-Karim’s work with brands that explode with the energy of otherworldly beauty and abundance.
COLOR CODED CRIME
WEAVING THE WONDER OF THE AGE
Color Coded Crime's collection revives the legacy of Ustad Mansur, a forgotten master of the Mughal court and one of history’s first naturalists.
Fall 24 COLLECTION
TO WALK BETWEEN
CANDLE AND FLAME
An exploration of emptiness, memory, and the humble gentleness of time
HAND Sourcing
NO .1
Every object is hand-curated through relationships with brands and artisans across the Global South
ETHICAL PRODUCTION
NO. 2
Behind every item is a personal story and a human hand. We bring you inside their world.
EDITIONS & EXCLUSIVES
NO. 3
We collaborate with artists to create custom editions that take art off the wall, and into our daily lives.
