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Artists gathered from across the globe in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh this January for the beginning of the annual Tuwaiq Sculpture symposium, a month-long creative residency in which the participants create large-scale works in a public setting. Previously, the event was a comp…
Built in the artist’s hometown and designed by architect Jawdat Arnouk, Mohtaraf Anachar Basbous (MAB), which translates as ‘workshop’ rather than ‘museum,’ opened last September, gathering around 50 artworks across Basbous’ career, from his first at the age of 10 to the very late…
Heritage and Museum Director Sébastien Vivas reflects on showcasing Audemars Piguet's historic timepieces in Le Brassus, recalling how the idea took shape, how the architect was chosen, and how the hairspring-like design evolved.
Florian Boje of Giò Forma — the studio behind AlUla’s mirror-clad Maraya, the world’s largest mirrored building — on designing an epic landmark that reflects its UNESCO surroundings and all but vanishes.
After the catastrophic explosion of 4 August 2020, we return to Fairuz's lament for a city destroyed eight times over, and ask how much more Beirut and its people must endure.
In a remote Palestinian town south of Hebron, an international consortium has reclaimed Roman, Byzantine and Crusader vestiges, restoring centuries-old courtyards and turning a place left for ruin into something resembling renewal.
From an 18th-century coral watchtower to a thriving cultural quarter, Abu Dhabi's oldest building has been reborn — crowned by CEBRA's award-winning Musallah, a prayer hall that rises from the water like rock.
Clarens, Switzerland, April 2020: Boosting our immune system has rarely felt more urgent, especially with the current pandemic swept across the world. Maintaining a healthy immune system can help protect your body from foreign invaders and is paramount for your body in becoming and stay…
With a display that lasted from January 31st till March 7th, Desert X helped shed light on how self-expression is a hot new topic in the Kingdom. The desert sands are slowly slipping through the hourglass, bringing change to the long-cloistered Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Nowhere is this m…
One of Dubai's oldest malls weathered the rise of glossier rivals, then quietly reinvented itself. A new southern walkway lined with Middle Eastern debuts marks Burjuman's return to the fashion conversation.
Following last year’s first edition of the music and culture festival at the Mada’in Saleh, Saudi Arabia is now betting big on cultural tourism with a handful of luxury hotels and a Jean Nouvel-designed resort due to emerge in the Al-Ula governorate. Pick any major publication fro…
Philippe Jabre’s imposing art collection will soon have a new home in the mountains above Beirut. Gaby Daher and Jean-Louis Mainguy, art dealer and interior architect, are remodelling Jabre’s summer residence, a 19th century traditional Lebanese house, and adjacent bell foundry in Beit …