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This interactive book features a unique selection of artworks, written essays and inter_x0002_views by an remarkable Saudi new media artist, Abdullah Rashed AlSahli, famously known in the virtual space as ARC. Born with a rare neuromuscular disorder called SMA that largely shaped his life and his art practices in an exciting way, Abdullah AlSahli found in digital art a passion and a means to escape his harsh reality. Despite suffering from thi...

Beit Al-Manoufy as an example of the role of architecture in preserving a country¿s heritage and culture. Located in Al-Balad, Jeddah¿s historic downtown recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014, the Beit Al-Manoufy guesthouse is an example of the local Hijazi architecture. In order to protect this iconic heritage building while promoting culture and art, Saudi Arabiäs Ministry of Culture commissioned Saudi and international heritage...

A masterpiece by the German-born American artist whose works display a mastery of color, light, and scale. Rediscovered after 25 years, the nearly 60-foot mural painting by the German-American artist Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994) ¿ Crossing/Apocalypsis cum Figuras (1975) ¿ renders the Last Judgment from the Book of Revelation as a vast modernist abstract tableau unmatched in scale and impact. Commissioned as the focal point of the lobby entrance ...

Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, in 1974, Elsa María Meléndez is a visual artist working with textiles, incorporating printmaking, embroidery, and synthetic materials. Usually featuring female protagonists, Meléndez develops an antithesis on judgments of the body and sexuality. The iconography in her works introduces the idiosyncrasy of her environment, summarizing debates that respond to the uncertainty faced with cul_x0002_tural destruction, the...

The catalogue is inspired by the unique collection of the Red Sea Museum established by Saudi Arabiäs Ministry of Culture in Jeddah, the city that served as the Red Seäs main port and whose identity was shaped by it. Through a rare collection of manuscripts, photographs, maps, and ancient and contemporary artifacts and artworks, the Red Sea Museum and its catalogue recount the stories of the Red Sea and the paths of its dwellers. The richly il...

An enchanting visual journey through one of the most iconic edifices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Bab Al-Bunt heritage building. Located in Al-Balad, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Jeddah, Bab Al-Bunt was once vibrant with life. Until the 1950s, it served at the city¿s customhouse, in Jeddah¿s capacity as the Red Seäs main port. For decades, this magnificent building also represented the main gateway through the Red Sea for mi...

An enchanting visual journey through one of the most iconic edifices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Bab Al-Bunt heritage building. Located in Al-Balad, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Jeddah, Bab Al-Bunt was once vibrant with life. Until the 1950s, it served at the city¿s customhouse, in Jeddah¿s capacity as the Red Seäs main port. For decades, this magnificent building also represented the main gateway through the Red Sea for mi...

Over eighty images from the series by the Norwegian photographer. The book presents The Stranger, a photographic series that spans over nearly two decades. It began when the photographer Preben Holst decided to approach a stranger in a park and asked if he could do a portrait of him. Fascinated by the strength and immediacy of the resulting images, he continued to make portraits of strangers in cities such as Copenhagen, London, and Oslo, wher...

An exceptional immersive journey across time and space to unravel the soul of this iconic building. Genius of the Place: Al-Bunt book series is an invitation to embark on an exceptional immersive journey across time and space, to unravel the soul of this iconic building. Commissioned by Saudi Arabiäs Ministry of Culture, five reknown photographers and five international writers and poets from Saudi Arabia, the Arab region, and Europe, have mob...

From abstract to figurative, conceptual to narrative, an exhaustive overview of leading South Korean contemporary artists. This book is a generously illustrated survey of the most talented artists who emerged from South Koreäs burgeoning art scene in the past decade. The 25 artists introduced in the volume collectively foreground the facets of contemporary Korean culture that have enabled the country¿s cultural exports to resonate so strongly ...

An exceptional immersive journey across time and space to unravel the soul of this iconic building. Genius of the Place: Al-Bunt book series is an invitation to embark on an exceptional immersive journey across time and space, to unravel the soul of this iconic building. Commissioned by Saudi Arabiäs Ministry of Culture, five reknown photographers and five international writers and poets from Saudi Arabia, the Arab region, and Europe, have mob...

The Red Sea Museum catalogue embarks the reader on a cross-cultural journey along the Red Sea, exploring its dazzling beauty and rich diversity through time, stories, and coastline cities. The catalogue is inspired by the unique collection of the Red Sea Museum established by Saudi Arabiäs Ministry of Culture in Jeddah, the city that served as the Red Seäs main port and whose identity was shaped by it. The museum is housed in the iconic Bab Al...

This book offers a rich visual and analytical account of artistic practices in Iran and its diaspora during the last three decades. The book Rethinking the Contemporary Art of Iran involves an extensive range of artists working in a variety of media, with more attention paid to the younger generation who have been under-represented in recent publications and those whose work signifies the contemporary. The book includes three comprehensive ess...

The book of the Rubin Collection exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso. This monograph celebrates William Rubin (1927-2006) and his impact on the world of modern art. Renowned as the Director of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art from 1967 to 1988, Rubin is remembered for his unprecedented acquisitions for MoMA¿s collection and the ground-breaking exhibitions that showcased them, accompanied...

Wanda Czełkowska (1930-2021) was a key figure of the Polish avant-garde, whose oeuvre remained almost unnoticed by art history until recently. She started her career near the end of the 1950s in Kraków and played an important role in the development of conceptual art in Poland. Member of the famous Grupa Krakowska ¿ whose other fellows included: Tadeusz Kantor, Tadeusz Brzozowski, Jonasz Stern, Maria Jarema and Erna Rosenstein ¿ she kept her i...

The Ibrahimi art collection is a living, growing body of work. The collection includes works that represent the Iraqi modern art movement, from its inception in the 1920s to the present. It reflects a vivid picture of the continuous creativity and growth in spite of the fact that most of the artists are now living all over the world. It clearly demonstrates that the communication between Iraqi artists of all generations contin ues, albeit on a...

Itziar Barrio is a mid-career artist who is internationally recognized for her contributions to the intersections of art, film, and technology. Her interdisciplinary, boundary breaking work has been exhibited at art institutions across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Itziar Barrio is an interdisciplinary artist producing long-term projects along with various collaborators. Her work aims to re-write dominant narratives about socia...

In the last twenty years, the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi have accelerated their urban development, employing a forceful interplay of international influences. International architects, engineers, builders, designers, manufacturers, and energy companies ¿ many from Italy ¿ have grown their professional networks here on the global crossroads of the United Arab Emirates, a place of flux where ideas, people, and cultures meet and mingle. This b...

Rome is a city of art, one that has seen an abundance of trades and crafts flourish over the centuries. Still today, a stroll through the city streets offers a wide variety of artisan workshops, especially in the oldest districts: the historic centre, Monti and Trastevere. It is no coincidence that many of the capital¿s streets proclaim the ancient trades previously established therein: Via dei Coronari (where artisans strung rosary beads), Vi...

The set of jewels, drawings, objets d¿art and glassware acquired by the Collector directly from the artist, with a single exception, between 1899 and 1927, is well representative of Lalique¿s work. René Lalique (1860-1945) and Calouste Gulbenkian (1869-1955) shared the experience of a time marked by the fascinating transition of the so-called Belle Époque ¿ with its particular end-of-the-century spirit, present mainly on the remarkable set of ...