Chisels up. Tuwaiq Sculpture 2023 is starting soon.
The popular Riyadh Art festival is returning to the Saudi capital for a fourth edition where we will get to see artists create masterpieces live. It’s pretty amazing to view finished artworks in galleries and public spaces, but it’s an entirely different experience to see sculptors chisel and hammer away live. We will get to see just that at Tuwaiq Sculpture 2023.
The festival runs from Sunday January 8 until Thursday February 2 at Durrat where you’ll be able to see the live sessions. The event opens to the public on January 10.
Following the live sessions with the artists, there will be an exhibition of the completed works running from Sunday February 5 to Friday February 10 so you can see the final requests of Tuwaiq Sculpture 2023.
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The unique Riyadh art event is one of the few where you can actually see live sculpting sessions. There will be 30 sculptors coming from 20 countries, including local creatives.
The theme of Tuwaiq Sculpture 2023 is “Energy of Harmony” and the works will look at the “fundamental characteristic of human existence”. Are you intrigued?
Besides the live sessions, Tuwaiq Sculpture will also have several interactive programmes including workshops, school visits and talks. Who knows, you might just be inspired to create your own work. The workshops are also free.
Tuwaiq Sculpture 2023 tickets are available now via riyadhart.sa and are broken down across 65 events. Whether you’d like to work with wood sculpture or mix it up with metal wire sculpting there are workshops for you. There are also foundational courses as well as the opportunity to create mini sculptures of the works on display.
Talks range from art with walls to looking at sculpture in modern art.
Booking is required, but the courses are free.
There’s plenty more arts and culture around Saudi to enjoy. There’s dinner and live performances happening at Diriyah Nights on now, plus, the highly anticipated Andy Warhol FAME and Van Cleef & Arpels Riyadh exhibitions are opening soon.
Free. Sun Jan 8-Thu Feb 2 (live sessions). Sun Feb 5-Fri Feb 10 (exhibition). Durrat, riyadhart.sa.
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