Ministry of Culture announces the launch of Art Residency | Al Balad and the completion of its selection committee process for 2020–21. Art Residency | Al Balad is pleased to announce the launch of its virtual residency phase, ... Read more →

The Ministry of Culture announces an open call for Art Residency | Al Balad, an inaugural residency program located in the vibrant, historical district of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In alignment with the socio-cultural changes taking place ... Read more →

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 30 of June 2015: Athr, the contemporary art project space and gallery based in Jeddah, is soon to present Constellations, a cluster of exhibitions, talks and workshops. Showcasing a diverse programme, Constellations will ... Read more →

“The possibilities in Arabic for the use of figurative language are endless; its allusiveness, tropes and figures of speech place it far beyond the reach of any other language…Arabic loses on translation but all other languages ... Read more →

Athr presents three solo exhibitions for emerging artists, which opens on 2 November. Faisal Almalki, Sara Abdu and Rami Alqthamy realize works that focus on self-exploration; works that have taken the artists into personal journeys that address ... Read more →

For thousands of years, the question of whether the basics of geometry came naturally to all humans or if they had to be taught has been explored. According to Plato’s writings, Socrates attempted to determine how ... Read more →