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Leaders
09-05-2025
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- Leaders
Saudi Culture Minister Meets Italian Counterpart in Venice
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Culture Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Farhan met with his Italian Counterpart Alessandro Giuli during his visit to Venice, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The meeting was part of Farhan's official visit to Italy to take part in the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. During the meeting, both ministers discussed the bilateral relations and their pivotal role in enhancing the mutual cultural ties. Moreover, they explored how to boost the cultural cooperation through various events and activities between both countries. In this regard, they highlighted a number of recent cultural initiatives between Saudi Arabia and Italy across numerous disciplines, such as the collaboration between the Saudi Museums Commission and the Triennale Milano to develop a design museum in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the Saudi Architecture and Design Commission has collaborated with Salone del Mobile to host an exhibition in Saudi Arabia. In the light this, the meeting stressed the role of culture as a deep-rooted bridge of understanding, creativity, and enduring collaboration between the two nations. Related Topics: Culture Minister Inaugurates Saudi Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Saudi Assistant Culture Minister Meets French Envoy Saudi Culture Minister meets the founder of Korean SM Entertainment Short link : Post Views: 24 Related Stories
Saudi Gazette
08-05-2025
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- Saudi Gazette
Saudi, Italian culture ministers meet in Venice to discuss advancing cultural cooperation
Saudi Gazette report VENICE — Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah met his Italian counterpart Alessandro Giuli in Venice on Thursday. Prince Badr reached Venice to attend the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. During the meeting, the ministers underscored the deepening cultural ties between the two countries and reaffirmed their mutual commitment to sustained collaboration in the cultural sector. Prince Badr and Giuli commended the joint efforts to monitor and implement bilateral cultural initiatives, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Culture. The meeting also highlighted a number of recent cultural initiatives between Saudi Arabia and Italy across multiple disciplines. These included the collaboration between the Saudi Museums Commission and the Triennale Milano to develop a design museum in Saudi Arabia, the collaboration between the Saudi Architecture and Design Commission and Salone del Mobile to have an exhibition in Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi ministry's cultural activities in Venice during 2025. The meeting reaffirmed the profound cultural ties between Saudi Arabia and Italy, highlighting culture as a deep-rooted bridge of understanding, creativity, and enduring collaboration between the two nations.
Asharq Al-Awsat
07-05-2025
- Business
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Saudi Museums Commission, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation to Deepen Museum Collaboration
The Saudi Museums Commission, one of the eleven sector-specific commissions under the Ministry of Culture, and Germany's Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) have taken a significant step forward in their cultural partnership by activating an executive program focused on long-term collaboration in the museum sector. Central to this initiative is the development of a loan index, outlining a selection of artworks and artifacts from the SPK's various Berlin-based museums to be shared with the Museums Commission over a five-year period. This loan program forms part of the broader executive program signed by both parties. The agreement outlines key areas of cooperation, including joint exhibitions in art and archaeology, long-term loans, strategic cultural projects, and capacity building through training and residencies. Two dedicated training programs have been agreed upon as part of this collaboration. One of the flagship initiatives, Museums in Motion, will bring together up to 80 cultural and museum professionals from both countries over five years through four interdisciplinary training sessions. Participants will engage in joint learning activities in both countries, fostering sustained dialogue, professional exchange, deeper cross-cultural understanding, and long-term institutional partnerships. In a parallel initiative with the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart (National Gallery of Contemporary Art) in Berlin, a professional secondment program will support talent development in the museum field. Over the next five years, experts from Hamburger Bahnhof will contribute to training and mentorship, fostering the exchange of knowledge and best practices in museum management and curation. This executive program reflects the Kingdom's commitment to strengthening international cultural dialogue and advancing professional exchange in the global museum community.
Saudi Gazette
07-05-2025
- Business
- Saudi Gazette
Saudi Museums Commission and Germany's SPK launch executive program to boost museum collaboration
RIYADH — The Saudi Museums Commission and Germany's Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) have activated an Executive Program to deepen long-term cooperation across the museum sector, marking a major milestone in bilateral cultural collaboration. The program includes the creation of a loan index featuring selected artworks and artifacts from SPK's Berlin-based museums to be shared with the Museums Commission over a five-year period. It also covers joint exhibitions in art and archaeology, strategic cultural initiatives, and capacity-building through training and residencies. A key feature of the partnership is Museums in Motion, a flagship initiative set to unite up to 80 cultural professionals from both nations through four interdisciplinary training sessions held in Saudi Arabia and Germany. The program aims to foster professional exchange and long-term institutional partnerships. Additionally, a secondment initiative with Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart will support Saudi talent development in museum management and curation. Over five years, SPK experts will provide training, mentorship, and collaborative knowledge-sharing. — SG
CairoScene
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
How Art, AI & Science Combine to Shape Diriyah Art Futures
The institution brings artists, technologists, and scholars together to explore digital media. The Saudi Museums Commission launched Diriyah Art Futures as the region's first institution centred on New Media and Digital Arts. Its inaugural exhibition, 'Art Must Be Artificial: Perspectives of AI in the Visual Arts', featured over 30 artists from Saudi Arabia, the MENA region, and beyond. The exhibition explored the evolution of computational art from its emergence in the 1960s to its current role in shaping modern artistic expression, grounding the conversation in the work of the influential polymath Al-Khwarizmi, whose contributions to algorithms marked the beginning of a conversation that is still ongoing to this day. Laila Shereen Sakr, an Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is one of the artists featured in the exhibition. Her work revolves around examining the connections between motherhood, technology, and the idea of the cyborg in both local and global Arab contexts. Instead of seeing these ideas as fixed labels, Sakr views them as overlapping experiences that focus on movement and action. "Fixed identities can only be located within a single time and place,' Sakr says. 'Life is change and movement, and digital and new media art is a medium that expresses that well. I have been both Arab and American. Before we were mothers, we were daughters. We continue to move in and out of these categories throughout our lives." A key aspect of Diriyah Art Futures is its focus on collaboration between artists, technologists and scholars. For Sakr, this interdisciplinary approach is vital to her work. While she finds it challenging to navigate the separate communities of art, tech and academia, she views her work as a vehicle to bridge these fields. The real difficulty, she notes, is in getting audiences to engage with these diverse practices. The same interdisciplinary approach can be seen in the work of Nasser Alshemimry, aka DesertFish, who brings together sound, visual art and technology to forge new artistic expressions. Based in Jeddah, Alshemimry draws inspiration from his Najdi roots along with his background as a multi-instrumentalist recording artist. He dedicates much of his time to his studio, where he works with local artists to hone his craft. In his piece 'Digital Anemone', DesertFish creates a digital version of an anemone using simple shapes and computer techniques. He starts with a pipe shape, which he repeats in a grid to form a digital organism. The piece has the anemone respond to the movement of the viewer within the space. The work uses the camera to track how the viewer moves and makes the anemone interact with them, giving it a sort of "sight" and making it react in real time. "One has to have a multi-disciplinary approach. Collaboration can lead to new ideas and insights if done correctly with like-minded individuals who share a similar vision,' DesertFish tells SceneNowSaudi. He believes his experiments with new ideas to be a part of a bigger shift in Jeddah, especially during a time where the city is becoming more and more recognised as a creative hub for many. Another artist featured in the exhibition is Lulwah AlHumoud, an award-winning artist and curator with a strong international presence. Her work is inspired by research into Islamic geometric patterns, which are rooted in accumulated knowledge from various sciences and cultures. These compositions use repeating basic shapes, but they don't strictly follow geometric rules. Instead, they allow for variation and gradual transformation. Speaking with SceneNowSaudi, AlHumoud shares how cross-disciplinary collaboration has influenced her work: 'When I work with engineers or technologists, it opens up new possibilities for my practice. Their expertise brings fresh insights that help me push my work further. Cross-disciplinary collaboration allows me to explore new dimensions and enriches my artistic process.' The Ministry of Culture presents Diriyah Art Futures as the first institution of its kind in the MENA region. Its building, now a finalist for the ArchDaily 2025 Building of the Year Awards, was designed specifically to serve as a hub for digital art. Though this exhibition has concluded, more events and workshops are planned as the institution continues to expand.
