Alserkal Avenue

This guide to Alserkal Avenue in Dubai's Al Quoz warehouse district follows Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal's decision, around 2007, to turn thirty-nine of his family's empty warehouses into a home for contemporary art rather than industry. You'll hear how he subsidized rents to draw in galleries like Ayyam and Carbon Twelve, and how that early bet grew into one of the region's densest concentrations of art spaces. It's a story about what a tire depot became, and what the tire shops next door make of it.