Design and Architecture
Saudi Arabia invites dialogue with American artists and designers, but there’s pushback
Saudi Arabia has an image problem. But it has become a new frontier for American artists and designers.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenSaudi Arabia has an image problem. But it has become a new frontier for American artists and designers. We look at the controversy surrounding site-specific art festival Desert X's planned expansion to Saudi Arabia, and we talk to an LA-based consultant for the futuristic megacity of Neom. Both are bankrolled by Mohammad Bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. How do designers deal with the blowback?
