Recent actions allegedly perpetrated by the Saudi Arabian monarchy, the brutal murder of a journalist, are nothing new, but have triggered an overdue interest in human rights among museum leaders.
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Ahmed Mater’s Photographic “Prayer for Mecca” Documents a Changing City
“Mecca is in a constant cycle of construction and deconstruction — it’s as if change is the only constant.”
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Documenting Experiences of Mecca Both Sacred and Irreverent
Ahmed Mater: Mecca Journeys at the Brooklyn Museum is an exhibition that examines the confrontation between the authentic and imagined Mecca, and of pilgrims with the tourism industry.
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A Saudi Artist Hoists Flags at Standing Rock to Bring Attention to the Environmental Crisis
One Saudi artist sees parallels between the battle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and the impact of oil in his own country.
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Tracing the Contours of Power at the Marrakech Biennale
MARRAKESH — In the vaults adjacent to the city’s Koutoubia Mosque, a video by the Copenhagen-based artists’ group Superflex tells the story of migrants and refugees eager to reach Europe.
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Artist Ticked Off at Watchmaker’s Unauthorized Use of His Work
The Saudi artist Ahmed Mater is suing watchmaker Swatch for using one of his works to sell a luxury timepiece.
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Armory Show 2014: Getting Better After Lackluster Years Past
This year’s Armory Show may have stopped the bleeding for an art fair that has suffered from years of lackluster energy and a major blow delivered by the Frieze New York art fair, which began two years ago on a bucolic urban island and in the far warmer month of May. But no one should count out the passion New York’s art world has for art souks, a place where collectors, art tourists, and dealers easily mingle and make deals.
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Saudi Arabia Needs to Talk
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Contemporary art is not the first thing you might think about whenever Saudi Arabia is mentioned. But if you decide to look beyond the veil of political media and stereotypes you will be quite surprised at what you might discover.
