The gallery’s mandate is to showcase a variety of artists from West Asia, North Africa, South Asia and extending into the Global South at large. Abu Dhabi is a city of crossroads and one that has spread its arm for this region and the gallery wants to be a beacon that conveys the same spirit. Starting with the rooted stories of the city by works from artists that were the leading pioneers of thought, poems and paintings in Abu Dhabi such as the veteran artist and poet Mohammed Al Mazrouei to other voices from the region both young and established that carry through their contemporary voices the hopes and dreams for a new world of peace and prosperity.