Dubai Street Museum — Happiness Street

Three DEWA substations on Al Sa’ada Street became the sites for the fifth edition of Dubai Street Museum. Unveiled for the UAE’s 48th National Day in 2019, the programme took the street’s alternative name, Happiness Street, as a starting point for works about ambition, happiness and the future.

Leon Keer, Lonac and Emirati artist Saggaf each approached the brief through a distinct visual language. The different buildings became individual commissions within one connected programme, bringing painting to infrastructure that forms part of the city’s everyday workings.

The Government of Dubai Media Office appointed SAN Projects to manage and develop the project within Brand Dubai and DEWA’s collaboration. Curatorial development, artist coordination and production were brought together across the three sites, allowing a shared civic brief to support different artistic responses.