Sotheby’s held its first Saudi auction in Diriyah, selling $17.3M worth of art, setting records for Arab artists, and ...
Sotheby’s inaugural auction in Saudi Arabia — and the country’s first major international art and luxury auction — took place ...
Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art pieces, part of the kingdom's bid to transform its ultraconservative image.
A historic night unfolded under the stars in Saudi Arabia on Saturday as the Kingdom hosted its first-ever international auction dedicated to fine art and luxury. The groundbreaking event ...
A work on paper by Pablo Picasso, Fleurs from 1948, sold for $204,000, more than 3 times its estimate. Leading the offering of Saudi art, 4 bidders competed on a painting by Mohammed Al Saleem - ...
Society Woman was among the top lots of the night, along with work from Banksy that fetched ... That’s not a lot of money for a major art auction or in moneyed Saudi Arabia.
“This bringing together of the contemporary and the past really emphasises the change that Saudi Arabia is going ... to be widely prevalent in Islamic art. But the biennale in Jeddah features ...