Lulwah Al-Homoud Elevates Saudi Arabian History and Culture

Wilson Center, 17 November 2022

The Wilson Center published a video feature on the Saudi artist and curator Lulwah Al-Homoud as part of a cultural-diplomacy series, moderated by the centre's Brooke Sherman. No separate written byline is given beyond the moderator credit. The conversation covers Al-Homoud's recent exhibition history, including presentations at a GCC Summit event and a Vogue Arabia cover feature, and her account of how art can help document and recover aspects of Saudi history and contemporary society.

 

Al-Homoud describes her abstract compositions as drawing on mathematics, literature and technological experimentation, extending her long-standing interest in Arabic calligraphy and geometric pattern into new formats. She frames art's role as one of cultural dialogue, arguing that artistic production can help a country hold onto older heritage while also recording how that society is changing in the present.

 

The feature sits alongside a "The Latest" segment naming other artists working in similar territory, including Bahar Sabzevari, Mandana Zandian, Hanaa Malallah and Abdulnasser Gharem, positioning Lulwah Al-Homoud within a wider circle of Middle Eastern artists whose work the Wilson Center's cultural programme has chosen to spotlight.