International Edition

International Edition

Podcasts Newsletters Follow us Alerts App Video

Arab Showcase Weekend

Road to Net Zero

Music & On-stage

Fashion & Beauty

Road to Net Zero

Music & On-stage

Fashion & Beauty

Ithra is a Saudi Aramco initiative, featuring a cinema, theatre and library.

Edvard Munch: Landscapes of the Soul features 40 works by the Norwegian artist.

The first Edvard Munch (1863-1944) exhibition in the Middle East has officially opened at the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture (Ithra) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

The exhibition, which has taken over Ithra’s Great Hall, is split into pavilions, each of which explores a different emotion.

The emotions are catergorised into despair, loneliness, love, melancholy.

Some of Munch's most famous works on display include 'Starry Night' and 'The Scream'.

The exhibition will run until September 3.

Ithra is a Saudi Aramco initiative, featuring a cinema, theatre and library.

Edvard Munch: Landscapes of the Soul features 40 works by the Norwegian artist.

The first Edvard Munch (1863-1944) exhibition in the Middle East has officially opened at the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture (Ithra) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

The exhibition, which has taken over Ithra’s Great Hall, is split into pavilions, each of which explores a different emotion.

The emotions are catergorised into despair, loneliness, love, melancholy.

Some of Munch's most famous works on display include 'Starry Night' and 'The Scream'.

The exhibition will run until September 3.

Ithra is a Saudi Aramco initiative, featuring a cinema, theatre and library.

‘He tackles existential difficulties’ – Inside the Edvard Munch exhibition in Saudi Arabia

Edvard Munch: Landscapes of the Soul is the first show in the Middle East to be dedicated to the Norwegian artist

Rupert Hawksley

June 18, 2019

Listen In English
Listen In Arabic

Copy link
Share on X
Share on Facebook
Share on LinkedIn
Share on WhatsApp
Share on Email
Print
Other