Saudi Arabia’s cultural ambitions on show at 2026 Diriyah biennale

Saudi Arabia’s cultural ambitions on show at 2026 Diriyah biennale

The event brings together the work of 70 international artists as part of Saudi Arabia’s push to develop a self-sustaining art infrastructure.

2026 Diriyah Biennale Review: Suspended Out of Time

The third edition of the Diriyah Biennale, In Interludes and Transitions, strikes a reassuring, familiar note In the Gulf, SUVs aren’t just vehicles so much as they are sacred symbols of desert resilience. And none are more potent than the Toyota LC79 pickup, or ‘shass’: variously revered as a noble Bedu chariot, the king of dune bashing and drifting culture, or rural workhorse with animal fodder in the back. So it is that on the opening night o…