{"id":20273,"date":"2026-09-24T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/in-jeddah-the-islamic-arts-biennial-aims-to-bridge-the-gap-between-heritage-and-contemporary-art\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:10:56","slug":"in-jeddah-the-islamic-arts-biennial-aims-to-bridge-the-gap-between-heritage-and-contemporary-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/en\/in-jeddah-the-islamic-arts-biennial-aims-to-bridge-the-gap-between-heritage-and-contemporary-art\/","title":{"rendered":"In Jeddah, the Islamic Arts Biennial aims to bridge the gap between heritage and contemporary art"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20273\" class=\"elementor elementor-20273 elementor-20231\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b58d92 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b58d92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed15e59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed15e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>For its third edition, which opens on November 1, 2027, the Jeddah Islamic Arts Biennale has entrusted its artistic direction to four curators from the fields of contemporary art, research, museums, and the art market. This diverse team reflects the event\u2019s ambition: to move beyond a strictly heritage-based interpretation of Islamic art and instead view it as a dynamic field where historical objects and contemporary practices interact. <\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the editorial staff<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df45b4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df45b4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-20269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-12.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-12-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-12-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-12-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-12-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-12-300x399.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Biennale des arts islamiques 2025, photo : Marco Cappelletti, courtesy de la Diriyah Biennale Foundation.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-730d890 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"730d890\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb537cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb537cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nada Raza, William Robinson, Alain Fouad George, and Idries Trevathan: the four <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lead curators<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> announced by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, organizer of the Islamic Arts Biennale, are single-handedly shaping the program for this third edition. Nada Raza, director of the Alserkal Arts Foundation, focuses on cultural exchanges between the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, and the Indian Ocean; William Robinson headed the Islamic art and carpet departments at Christie\u2019s for three decades; Alain Fouad George, a professor at Oxford and director of the Lusail Institute in Doha, specializes in particular in the Umayyad period, early Qur\u2019anic manuscripts, and Arabic calligraphy; Idries Trevathan, former <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chief curator<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Saudi cultural center Ithra, approaches Islamic art as a living tradition. Each will design a distinct exhibition.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understandably, this<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this choice broadens the biennial\u2019s intended definition of \u201cIslamic arts.\u201d The focus is no longer on bringing together masterpieces from major collections, but on connecting them with contemporary works and practices, within a history shaped by movement, exchange, and transformation. 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The AlMusalla Prize, dedicated to architecture, is also returning for its 2nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition, featuring a project focused on the reinvention of prayer spaces.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held once again beneath the large canopies of the Western Hajj Terminal at Jeddah International Airport, the biennial thus reaffirms its commitment: to view the arts of Islam not so much as a historical category but as traditions that circulate and reinvent themselves today.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah, November 1, 2027, through March 1, 2028.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5c033e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d5c033e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22563d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22563d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-20268\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-8.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-8-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-8-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-8-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fichier-8-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Biennale des arts islamiques 2025, photo : Marco Cappelletti, courtesy de la Diriyah Biennale Foundation.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For its third edition, which opens on November 1, 2027, the Jeddah Islamic Arts Biennale has entrusted its artistic direction to four curators from the fields of contemporary art, research, museums, and the art market. 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