RIYADH: An exhibition called “Cities Under Quarantine: The Mailbox Project” opened at the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art in Diriyah on Thursday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The show, organized by the Museums Commission, runs until Sept. 28 and showcases artists’ books created by Arab artists during the COVID-19 pandemic that capture the profound global isolation that reshaped life in spring 2020.
Visitors will encounter “intimate testimonies that merge art, writing, and personal reflections, reflecting that extraordinary moment that unsettled the world and redefined human connection,” the SPA reported.
The project originated from an initiative by Abed Al-Kadiri, who distributed 57 handmade books to Arab artists worldwide, inviting them to respond creatively to the reality of lockdown.
“The responses became deeply personal works that reimagined places, desires, and silences, transforming solitude into a space for reflection,” the SPA added.
