As part of the AlUla Arts Festival, a 70-piece Andy Warhol exhibition will visit Saudi Arabia this winter. One of many events in the country intended to boost the nation’s cultural standing.
The exhibition, titled “Fame: Andy Warhol in AlUla,” is being put on by the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Andy Warhol Museum, and it will be directed by Patrick Moore, the institution’s director.
The show will open on February 17, 2023, at the Maraya, a gleaming mirrored building in the desert.
The show will feature Warhol’s prints, his well-known “screen tests,” and more. Its main theme will be the many ways the pop artist portrayed celebrities, from Muhammed Ali to Dolly Parton.
“FAME is intended to be an introduction to the aspect of Warhol that I believe is most fascinating to many young people, including Saudi youth, as Andy Warhol’s journey, which started as a child staring at the movie screen and collecting publicity stills, is becoming more common through the rise of social media,” expressed Moore in a statement.
The Warhol exhibition’s press release hailed this spectacular partnership with Saudi Arabia as possibly revolutionary for local art enthusiasts.