Saudi Arabia invites dialogue with American artists and designers, but there’s pushback
Design and Architecture · KCRW
October 22, 201929m 32s
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Show Notes
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saudi Arabia has an image problem. But it has become a new frontier for American artists and designers. We look at the controversy surrounding site-specific art festival Desert X's planned expansion to Saudi Arabia, and we talk to an LA-based consultant for the futuristic megacity of Neom. Both are bankrolled by Mohammad Bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. How do designers deal with the blowback?</span></p>