Arte Market, Dubai

Arte Market, Dubai is a weekend market set up in various malls across Dubai, exclusively for handmade items created in the UAE. This ensures nurturing of local businesses and crafts. Each piece at the market is unique, since commercial or mass-produced items are not allowed to be sold. There is generally a screening process for first-time vendors followed by Arte which ensures high quality of vendor items displayed.

Dubai is a melting pot of cultures, and the variety of items in this market is testimony to that. Prominent influences are European, Middle Eastern and Indian. The eclectic mix of items range from paintings, handmade dolls, pottery, ceramics, hand-made soaps, terrariums, leather goods, jewellery, foodstuff – chocolates, pastries, preserves. During festival times, the products on display also cater to the festive theme.

The customer has the satisfaction of buying a one-of-a-kind product directly from the vendor who has spent years perfecting their art, and any queries on product can be answered by the vendor who has made the item, and makes for a great shopping experience. And it is exciting and heart-warming when purchasing from a known person in the community.