In the Studio: Manal AlDowayan

In Belarus, new legislation from the government of President Alexander Lukashenko targets anyone who might be regarded as an opponent with charges of being ‘extremist’. Dozens of independent media outlets including the BBC have recently been designated as ‘extremist organisation’ ...  Show more

The personal correspondence, photographs and papers of the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein have been released to the public in stages, beginning in December 2025, after an almost unanimous vote in the US Senate. The released files run to three and a half ...  Show more

Manal Al Dowayan talked about her interrogation of the gender-biased customs in Saudi Arabia and its metamorphosis through her art work and installations.

Manal Al Dowayan’s practice navigates a territory where the personal and the political overlap. Her works spring fro ...

This episode of The Misk Art Library Podcast explores Saudi artist Manal AlDowayan and pioneering Emirati artist Hassan Sharif. The conversation highlights AlDowayan’s evolving practice, the challenges of documenting art histories, and the pioneering experimentation of Hassan Sha ...  Show more

Palestinian Saudi Artist Dana Awartani’s work will be on show as part of the Islamic Arts Festival at Maraya Art Centre in the new exhibition “The Silence Between Us: Poetry and Light in the work of Dana Awartani”. She tells Sally about the importance of handcrafts and Arab and I ...  Show more

For the very first time, a panel has come together on the podcast to speak on a subject that needed to be discussed: why art from Saudi Arabia is now in the spotlight. This is on the back of Hafla by Sotheby's, an ongoing exhibition celebrating art from the Middle East. On the pa ...  Show more