The Pompidou Center in Paris will open a contemporary art museum in Saudi Arabia

The Center Pompidou in Paris has signed a collaboration agreement with Saudi Arabia to open a future museum of contemporary art on the archaeological site of Al Ula, in the northwest of the country. Pompidou sources indicated on Wednesday that, for the moment, there are no further details to communicate on the start dates of the project, although the newspaper The world He placed the opening of the museum on the horizon 2027-2028.

The agreement was signed by Laurent LeBonPresident of the Center Pompidou, and Nora Aldabaldirector of artistic and cultural programming of the Royal Commission for Al Ula”, detailed the French museum in a press release. The signing took place on the 12th, although it has not been disclosed until now, and the French Ministers of Culture, Rima Abdul Malakand of Saudi Arabia, Prince Badr bin Farhan Al Saud.

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This association “aims to support the enhancement and development of the cultural, artistic and creative spaces of the Al Ula site”, indicates the note. “The Center Pompidou will bring its scientific and technical expertise to staff training, particularly in the fields of conservation, collection management and mediation. You can also lend your support to the organization of programming and cultural events,” the press release details.

Al Ula, located in the northeast of Saudi Arabia, is an archaeological area that began to be inhabited 7,000 years ago and in which the buildings carved into the rock stand out. They are styled like those in the Jordanian city of Petra and were created by the same civilization, the Nabataeans, in the middle of a place with huge rock formations.

With many cultural and tourism development projects, Riyadh wants to make Al Ula a major international attraction for travelers.

Source: EFE

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