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Posted inOpinion

Why I Won’t Be Visiting the Warhol Show in Saudi Arabia

by David Carrier 1 day agoJanuary 26, 2023

I couldn’t in good conscience accept an invitation to an exhibition hosted and sponsored by a brutal regime.

Posted inSponsored

BIENALSUR…Echoes: A World Between the Analogue and the Virtual

Avatar photo by Bienalsur December 8, 2021December 8, 2021

BIENALSUR, the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of the South, has returned to Saudi Arabia for an exhibition presenting more than 20 international artists, including Filwa Nazer, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, and Tony Oursler.

Posted inFilm

A More Personal View of the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

This year’s second documentary about the Saudi Arabian journalist, The Dissident focuses more on his life story.

Posted inFilm

A Documentary Tribute to Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 9, 2020November 17, 2020

Kingdom of Silence uses the journalist’s life and murder to scrutinize the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the US.

Posted inNews

Three Desert X Board Members Resign in Protest of Saudi Collaboration

by Hakim Bishara October 8, 2019October 17, 2019

Ed Ruscha, Yael Lipschutz, and Tristan Milanovich say the Saudi government’s violations of human rights and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi prompted their resignations.

Posted inIn Brief

Russia Strengthens Saudi Ties with Offer of a Kandinsky Exhibition, while Prominent Architects Bow Out of $500B Saudi Megacity

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber October 22, 2018October 23, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s financial prominence in the arts has been under active evaluation in the weeks following journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance.

Posted inNews

Several Major New York Art Institutions Step Away from Saudi-Funded Initiatives

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber October 18, 2018October 19, 2018

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum have chosen to decline funding from the Saudi Misk Institue, and Columbia University has put its event with the Institute on pause.

Posted inNews

Major Art Institutions Navigate Ties to Saudi Arabia After Disappearance of Journalist [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber October 17, 2018October 18, 2018

The Smithsonian, Sotheby’s, and landmark institutions across NYC are under pressure to address their financial connections to the Saudi Arabian government in the wake of the suspected murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Posted inIn Brief

2,000-Year-Old Rock Carvings of Camels Discovered in Saudi Arabia

by Claire Voon February 14, 2018February 14, 2018

Archaeologists discovered rock art depicting about a dozen life-size dromedaries and equids.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with US President Donald Trump during a state visit in March 2017 (photo by The White House/Flickr)
Posted inIn Brief

New WSJ Report Claims Saudi Crown Prince Is Real Buyer of $450.3M Leonardo [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton December 7, 2017December 8, 2017

A day after the New York Times identified the buyer of “Salvator Mundi” as an obscure Saudi prince, the Wall Street Journal claims he was merely serving as a proxy for the country’s crown prince.

Posted inIn Brief

One Very Special AI Robot Is Granted Saudi Citizenship

by Claire Voon November 1, 2017December 28, 2017

The robot’s new status raises questions about AI’s future, the treatment of women, and the meaning of citizenship.

Ashraf Fayadh
Posted inIn Brief

Saudi Arabia Downgrades Poet’s Death Sentence to 8 Years in Jail and 800 Lashes

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton February 2, 2016February 2, 2016

A court in Saudi Arabia has overturned the death sentence given to Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh last November on charges of publicly renouncing Islam, but the new terms of his punishment are also extremely savage.

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