Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture will launch a major new exhibition set within the historic Abbazia di San Gregorio in Venice, offering an expansive 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 features historical maps spanning from the thirteenth century to the present day.
Through this lens, maps emerge as both records and constructs, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, science and art.
These models unfold as exceptional mythological visions, boasting 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.
Drawn from the collections of pioneering global institutions, early modern maps are brought into dialogue with contemporary artworks.
Interestingly, first-century CE artifacts, such as incense burners, as well as eighteenth-century decorative manuscripts from the Arabian Peninsula, reflect 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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