{"id":10265,"date":"2011-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/10265\/middle-eastern-art-the-local-and-global-challenges-where-is-saudi-art-going-part-of-the-menasart-fair-2011"},"modified":"2011-07-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T00:00:00","slug":"middle-eastern-art-the-local-and-global-challenges-where-is-saudi-art-going-part-of-the-menasart-fair-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/10265\/middle-eastern-art-the-local-and-global-challenges-where-is-saudi-art-going-part-of-the-menasart-fair-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Eastern Art, the Local and Global Challenges &#8211; Where is Saudi Art going? Part of the MENASart Fair 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"The MENASart Fair hosted a round table discussion concerning art in the Middle East, and where it is headed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<br \/>  <br \/>  Moderated by Lulwah Al-Homoud<br \/>  <br \/>  Dr Geoffrey King &#8211; Reader in Islamic Art and Archaeology at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)<br \/>  Mona Khazindar &#8211; Director of the Institut du Monde Arabe &#8211; Paris<br \/>  Sirine Fattouh &#8211; Head of research Centre Pompidou &#8211; Paris<br \/>  Reem Al-Faisal &#8211; Photographer &#8211; co-founder of Cube Arts<br \/>  Karin Adrian von Roques &#8211; Art historian &#8211; Independent curator<br \/>  JW Stella &#8211; Independent curator<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>      <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" 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