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Art in Saudi Arabia spotlights the role that contemporary art will play in the country’s new push for sweeping internal reform and cultural diplomacy. As the Kingdom mobilizes its vast resources behind the economic and social priorities of its Vision 2030 strategy and simultaneously seeks new terms of engagement with the international community, art is set to take centre stage and a barrage of planned events, installations, public projects, biennales and museum openings is beginning to draw in many from the international art community. This book looks at both the historic and contemporary contexts for this recent state-led focus on art in the Kingdom; at how its planned events and programs stand apart, in resource, scale and ambition, from seemingly similar initiatives coming from that region; and at both the opportunities and pitfalls, not just for the burgeoning art world of Saudi Arabia, but for practitioners and professionals around the world.

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'This sumptuously illustrated catalogue charts the trials and tribulations, as well as the extraordinary talent of the world's longest running tapestry workshop.' Decorative Arts Society

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Art historian and curator, Dr Elizabeth Cumming is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and a former Keeper of the Edinburgh City Art Centre and lecturer in design history at Edinburgh College of Art. She has written many catalogues and articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Scottish art and design. Her books include The Arts and Crafts Movement (with Wendy Kaplan, 1991) and Hand, Heart and Soul: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland (2006). David Weir practised as a lawyer in Glasgow and London before moving to live and work in France. Since 2000, as Director of Dovecot Studios, he has devoted his time to re-energising and developing its artistic vision and activity. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, David Weir is also a member of the Worshipful Company of Weavers and currently sits on the Board of Creative Edinburgh.

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