Selected Essays

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Singing Without Music

Ahmed Mater for Art Asia Pacific

Art Education in Saudi Arabia

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Development of the Saudi Art Scene from 1960

Ahmed Mater for Sotheby's

Tracing the forces that shaped modern and contemporary practice in the kingdom

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A Manifesto for Saudi Art

Ahmed Mater for Art Asia Pacific

Reflects on the evolving contemporary art nexus of Saudi Arabia

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Soundless Space, Reflections on the Work of Sebastião Salgado

Ahmed Mater

The story started at the end of February 1991 when a black cloud spread out between the stars and their image.

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