Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture will launch a new exhibition set within the historic Abbazia di San Gregorio in Venice, showcasing a unique journey across territories shaped by movement, memory, and reinterpretation, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Titled “A Necessary Fiction: Maps, Art, and Models of Our World,” the exhibition will display historical maps spanning from the thirteenth century to the present day.
Interestingly, the exhibition will reimagine maps as both records and constructs, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, science and art.
Drawn from the collections of pioneering global institutions, early modern maps are brought into dialogue with contemporary artworks.
These models unfold as extraordinary mythological visions, featuring imaginative interpretations of scientific inquiry from antiquity to the present day.
Set to take place from May 6 to November 22, the exhibition is curated by a collaborative team of Arab and international experts.
Moreover, first-century CE artifacts, such as incense burners, as well as eighteenth-century decorative manuscripts from the Arabian Peninsula, mirror how trade and cultural exchange have long shaped the history of the region.
This exhibition coincides with Saudi Arabia’s participation in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
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