{"id":3933,"date":"2022-06-21T12:23:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishartnetwork.org.uk\/?post_type=2012cal&#038;p=3933"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:27:52","slug":"saudi-arabia-welcomes-modern-british-art","status":"publish","type":"2012cal","link":"https:\/\/britishartnetwork.org.uk\/2012-events\/saudi-arabia-welcomes-modern-british-art\/","title":{"rendered":"23rd April: &#8220;Saudi Arabia welcomes modern British art&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/britishartnetwork.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/P114.jpg\" alt=\"semi-abstract and surreal landscape image, dominated by browns and yellows, to the top a black globe surrounded by yellow petals - a sunflower and a kind of sun\" class=\"wp-image-3934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/britishartnetwork.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/P114.jpg 540w, https:\/\/britishartnetwork.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/P114-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>Paul Nash, Eclipse of the Sunflower (1945). Photo: British Council<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The British Council has organised the first modern and contemporary British art exhibition in Saudi Arabia. &#8216;Out of Britain&#8217; will open at the National Museum in Riyadh with more than 50 works on the theme of the British landscape, drawn from the British Council collection (23 April-23 May). Curators from the National Museum of Riyadh have helped select the works.&#8221; (<em>Art Newspaper<\/em>, April 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition went on to appear at Athr Gallery, Jeddah,Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Science &amp; Technology Center, Al Kohbar, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait, and Bait Al Zubair Museum, Oman, during 2012. 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