$2.7 MILLION WORK BREAKS WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR FAHR EL-NISSA ZEID & IS SECOND HIGHEST PRICE FOR ANY MIDDLE EASTERN WORK SOLD AT AUCTION

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A FEMALE MIDDLE EASTERN ARTIST

Auctioneer, Jussi Pylkkänen, President of Christie’s Europe, Middle East, Russia and India sells El-Nissa Zeid’s Break of [...]

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Ayyam Gallery, Jeddah is pleased to announce the solo exhibition, ‘MAJAZZ (METAPHOR) – ???? ’ by Saudi Arabian artist Faisal Samra from 23 September – 31 October.

This hugely significant artist is returning to Saudi Arabia for the first time in 13 years, where he will present a [...]

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Yesterday, I witnessed a couple interlocked on the Corniche – the boardwalk in Jeddah, watching the waves as they hit the rocky shore. Passersby seemed not to even notice this subtle, yet unusual display of public affection. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom deeply rooted in Sharia law, such overt intimacy has always been considered [...]

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Junya Watanabe F/W 2006/7 (image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Catwalking

If there is but one cornerstone of “Punk” as fashion, it is what Dame Vivienne Westwood dubbed “confrontation dressing.” Swastikas, tampons, spray-painted swears, safety pins — these were the tools with which this particular postmodern machine [...]

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By Yasmin Darwish

It was a full house this past Tuesday night at Athr Gallery for their 3rd annual Young Saudi Artist exhibition.

Athr Gallery

The gallery put out an open call in February to all artists in Saudi Arabia from the ages of 30 year old and younger. There were over one [...]

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Riyadh 13th of December – Gallery Design is pleased to present DESIGNED, the first edition of a series of group exhibitions. The works by established and emerging regional artists and designers are spotlighted alongside [...]

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” Your las nuit des Français Does not resemble me For I do not see the reflection of my face in your river… I melt in you, but do not relate to you Threads of desert sand are what have woven me For God’s sake, how have you captured me? A stranger on [...]

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The prosperous relationship between Louis Vuitton and contemporary art began in 1874, twenty years after the luxury label was founded.

Today, the fashion house continues to retain privileged links with the decorative arts, including painting and design; as well as an unwavering desire of patronage that is driven by creativity and modernity.

“Luxury, fashion [...]

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