“Khaleej Modern”
“Khaleej Modern: Pioneers and Collectives in the Arabian Peninsula” brought together trailblazing works from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Curated by Aisha Stoby, the exhibition employed four thematic sections to map out largely unacknowledged aspects of the art movements that spread across the Arabian Peninsula over the second half of the twentieth century, as the discovery of oil prompted economic and cultural shifts.
The works in the first chapter, “Early Pioneers,” portrayed daily customs, modes of dress, or types of labor that evoke the region’s
