Since the 1950s and up to the present day, visual arts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have undergone radical transformations that reflect the profound social and cultural changes in the country. This book is a journey through those transformations, in which writers and creatives—artists, academics, historians, and museum curators—shed light on the features of the Saudi art scene in all its diversity and complexity, through both objective and personal critical approaches infused with creative and scholarly sensibilities. This publication is not merely a collection of essays, but an open platform for dialogue between Saudi art and its local and international audiences—one that seeks to enrich discourse, support research, and spark critical imagination in reading Saudi visual arts.
Works by Sarah Abu Abdullah,
Reem Al-Faisal,
Mohammed Al-Faris,
Zahrah al-Ghamdi,
Bandar Al-Jaloud,
Kamal Al-Mualem,
Abdul Majeed Al-Rodhan,
Faya Alalmai,
Manal AlDowayan,
Shadia Alem,
Moath Alofi,
Balqis AlRashed,
Mohammed Alresayes,
Taha Alsabban,
Abdullah Rashed AlSahli,
Dania AlSaleh,
Mohammed Alsaleem,
Abdullah AlShehri,
Abdulrahman Alsoliman,
Tasneem Alsultan,
Zuhair AlTraifi,
Majid Angawi,
Safeya Binzagr,
Ibrahim Bugis,
Elham Dawsari,
Dia Aziz Dia bin Zahid,
Abdullah Futiny,
Abdulnasser Gharem,
John Gossage,
Huda Jabalawi,
Abdul Jabbar,
Yousef Jaha,
Ahmed Mater,
Thierry Mauger,
Dorothy R. Miller,
Mounirah Mosly,
Nawaf Nassar,
Abdulhalim Radwi,
Captain William Shakespear,
Bakr Sheikhoun,
Mohannad Shon,
Saddek Wasil
