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the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin
Salman, in addition to tourism and, of
course, also to economic development,
focuses much on art and especially on
contemporary art. Coming out of the
preview of the exhibition “The Red
Palace”, a solo show by Saudi artist
Sultan Bin Fahad that took place in
Riyadh a few months ago, I had the
feeling of having participated in one “The Red Palace”, personale dell’artista saudita Sultan bin Fahad,
of those events that change history, curata da Reem Fadda nella foto con lui
in this case not only of contemporary
art but of an entire territory. The artist
has created installations and sculptu-
res connecting objects and situations
that have determined the history of
this territory by expertly placing them
in a place that is a symbol of the power
of the monarchy but is now in disuse.
Sultan is for Saudi Arabia what Andy
Warhol was for the United States,
Marcel Duchamp for France, Pablo
Picasso for Spain: an initiator. But
there is not only him. In the country
there is a flourishing of initiatives de-
dicated to art. Mohamad Hafez, owner
of the ATHR Gallery, certainly plays a

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