Selected Essays

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An Encounter on the Edge of Arabia

Stephen Stapleton

Ahmed Mater: Chronicles | Published in July 2024

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Development of the Saudi Art Scene from 1960

Ahmed Mater

Sotheby's Catalogue | Published July, 2024

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The Most Public of Private Spaces

Ahmed Mater

Art21 | Published March, 2019

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Soundless Space, Reflections on the Work of Sebastião Salgado

Ahmed Mater

Self-Reflection | Published November, 2019

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Future Cities

Ahmed Mater

ArtAsiaPacific | Published September, 2018

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A Space for Art

Ahmed Mater

Canvas Magazine | Published July/August, 2018

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Singing Without Music

Ahmed Mater

ArtAsiaPacific | Published August, 2016

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Section 11, Essay on Rashid Al Shashai

Ahmed Mater

Independent Essay | Published January, 2015

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A Manifesto for Saudi Art

Ahmed Mater

Independent Essay | Published April, 2013

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X-Ray Illumination

Venetia Porter

Catalogue Essay | Published February, 2010

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Magnetism

Tim Mackintosh Smith

Catalogue Essay | Published April, 2010

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Illuminations

Linda Komaroff

LACMA | Published November, 2010

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