On February 17, FAME: Andy Warhol in AlUla, opens in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Inaugurating the AlUla Arts Festival (February 16-28) in partnership with the Andy Warhol Museum, it is a unique pairing of Western celebrity with Middle Eastern ideology.
Despite negative political press abroad, Saudi Arabia does indeed have a flourishing art world. Internationally acclaimed artists such as Manal AlDowayan and United Nations initiatives to highlight tribal female design continue to challenge notions of the place as devoid of beauty, culture or female artists. Yet the Andy Warhol showcase provides a platform for discourse arguably unprecedented in the nation, comparable to the opening of the Louvre Abu
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