Edible Art Dubai menu
A pop-up called Edible Art Dubai is turning Kristel Bechara’s paintings into an eight-course tasting menu at Third Avenue in Dubai Mall, priced at Dhs 420 and running through April (tbreak.com). The offering blends visual art and dining into a single experience — each course is explicitly tied to a painting in the countdown menu (tbreak.com).
A Dubai Mall pop-up is turning Kristel Bechara’s paintings into dinner, with an eight-course menu opening April 16 at Third Avenue. (tbreak.com) The experience is called “Edible Art: Heart of Chroma,” costs 420 United Arab Emirates dirhams per person, and runs for one month from April 16, 2026. Third Avenue says reservations are available through SevenRooms and by phone. (tbreak.com) Chef Shehab Medhat built the menu around eight works from Bechara’s “Heart of Chroma” series, with each course tied to a specific painting rather than a general theme. Tbreak’s preview says the dishes follow the paintings’ colors, stories, and emotional cues. (tbreak.com) Bechara’s studio describes “Heart of Chroma” as a series about strength, resilience, and empowerment, built around vivid central figures and myth-inspired imagery. The series includes works such as “Persephone | The Lotus Queen,” “Echo,” “Ariadne’s Thread,” and “Selene’s Radiance.” (atelierkristel.com) That gives the dinner a clear structure: guests are not ordering à la carte, but moving through a set sequence where the artwork supplies the narrative and the kitchen supplies the interpretation. Third Avenue’s own site describes the restaurant as a contemporary Mediterranean bistro in Dubai Mall’s Fashion Avenue. (tbreak.com) (thirdavenue.ae) The menu details released so far show how literal that translation is. Tbreak says Persephone becomes a chicken liver tartlet, while Echo appears as the dessert course, a coconut cake finale. (tbreak.com) Third Avenue has been using limited-run menus as a programming strategy this year. In January, the restaurant launched a separate short-term collaboration with Emirati chef Ali Yazdi that ran from January 15 to February 15. (tbreak.com) Bechara is also in the middle of a busy April in Dubai. Magzoid reported that her solo exhibition “Born From Light” opened April 11 and runs through April 29 at The Warehouse in Al Quoz 3. (magzoid.com) For diners, the timing is tight: the menu starts April 16 and is scheduled to last one month, which puts the closing window in mid-May unless Third Avenue extends it. For now, the pitch is simple: eight paintings, eight courses, one table in Dubai Mall. (tbreak.com)
