"At the National Museum of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Beginnings of Saudi Art Movement (until 11 April) surveys a key moment in the sovereign state's history, from the 1960s to the 1980s-a period of rapid societal transformation and relative liberation. More than 250 works, plus a trove of archival material, by 73 artists chart the development of Modern and abstract art at a moment when institutional support and cultural infrastructure began to grow in Saudi."
"Mounirah Mosly and Safeya Binzagr, who met each other while studying in Cairo, were two of the period's greatest pioneers, collaborating on the first-ever public exhibition by female artists at the Dar Al-Tarbiya girls' school in Jeddah in 1968. Born in 1943, Mosly also went on to become the first Saudi woman to hold solo exhibitions in both Jeddah and Riyadh, in 1972 and 1973."
Beginnings of Saudi Art Movement at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh surveys the Kingdom's Modern art development from the 1960s to the 1980s, a period of rapid societal transformation and relative liberation. The exhibition presents more than 250 works and extensive archival material by 73 artists, marking the first large-scale presentation of Saudi Modern masters together. Institutional support and cultural infrastructure for art grew alongside artists' travel to study in the US, Europe and elsewhere. A catalogue and documentary are planned and the exhibition is being recorded in the Saudi National Archives. Pioneering figures highlighted include Mounirah Mosly and Safeya Binzagr.
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