Julia Kassem talks to Saudi Arabian lieutenant colonel-cum-artist Abdulnasser Gharem after his first solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Shiny Happy People
‘In a way, we put photography on the map in the Middle East, and people started to talk about it, even if they didn’t understand it’ - Reem Al Faisal in conversation with Joobin Bekhrad
Filming on the Fringe
‘Cinema is a tough place to be’ - an interview with Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s first female filmmakers, Haifaa Al Mansour & Khadija Al-Salami
A Journey of Belonging
Joobin Bekhrad talks to acclaimed Saudi artist Manal Al Dowayan about the works in her retrospective exhibition at Jeddah’s Athr Gallery
Jeddah Art Week
Mario El Khoury on the sights and sounds of the exhibitions, symposiums, and cultural events of February’s groundbreaking Jeddah Art Week
See the Light
Sophie Kazan talks to the V&A’s Curator of Photographs, Marta Weiss about the groundbreaking ‘Light from the Middle East’ photography exhibition
Viva La Evolucion
While some would consider talking about a sort of revolution, others would prefer to look at the artistic happenings in Saudi Arabia as an evolution
Be Here Now
With a burgeoning art scene and myriad institutions blossoming around the country, there’s never been a better time to be an artist in Saudi Arabia