Aporia · New museum reflects on Saudi's post-oil future

Saudi Arabia is planning for its post-oil future through art, with two exhibitions reflecting on this shift. The Riyadh's Black Gold Museum has opened in a Zaha Hadid building with over 350 artworks related to oil. Meanwhile, Jeddah-born brothers Turki and Abdulrahman Gazzaz will showcase their own work, "Post-Oil 2026", at Qatar's design biennial in November. The exhibitions mark a change from earlier times when oil was barely depicted in Saudi art, now it is a central theme.

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In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Black Gold Museum has opened with over 350 artworks that reflect on the kingdom's future without oil. The museum is housed in a building designed by Zaha Hadid and has been backed by both the culture ministry and the state's petroleum think tank. These artworks join others from the Post-Oil 2026 exhibition, which will also be featured at Qatar's design biennial later this year. This shift marks a change from the past, when oil was not a prominent subject in Saudi art, but rather something that funded the creation of other works. The exhibitions are part of the kingdom's efforts to plan for its future after oil, and feature nostalgic scenes such as rooftop water tanks and air conditioners against a hazy sky - subjects that were once painted around, but are now being celebrated directly.

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📰 Saudi's Post-Oil Future Museum

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Who wrote this

Manal Albarakati

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Black Gold Museum Jeddah Post-Oil 2026 Riyadh Saudi Arabia

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Jeddah GPE · 2× Abdulrahman Gazzaz PERSON · 1× Black Gold Museum ORG · 1× Qatar GPE · 1× Riyadh GPE · 1× Saudi NORP · 1× Saudi Arabia GPE · 1× Turki PERSON · 1×

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Riyadh’s Black Gold Museum has filled a Zaha Hadid building with more than 350 artworks on the subject, with backing from the culture ministry and the state’s petroleum think tank.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-05

🔮 In November, Jeddah-born brothers Turki and Abdulrahman Gazzaz will open Post-Oil 2026 at Qatar’s design biennial.

2026-09-05 · Semafor

New museum reflects on Saudi's post-oil future · assertive framing

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The kingdom’s painters gave their canvases to palm trees and dates, dhows and calligraphy, while crude merely paid for the paint. asserted

crude → give → paint

As the kingdom plans for life after oil, crude has become a muse, with art spanning the eras before, during, and after it. asserted

crude → plan → it

Riyadh’s Black Gold Museum has filled a Zaha Hadid building with more than 350 artworks on the subject, with backing from the culture ministry and the state’s petroleum think tank. asserted

Museum → fill → ministry

In November, Jeddah-born brothers Turki and Abdulrahman Gazzaz will open Post-Oil 2026 at Qatar’s design biennial. asserted

brothers → bear → biennial

Its poster is a still life every Jeddah resident knows, a rooftop of water tanks and air conditioners against a hazy sky. asserted

resident → know → sky

Saudi artists once painted around such scenes; now they are painting, sculpting, and curating them as nostalgic moments born of, and paid for by, the boom. asserted

they → paint → moments

New museum reflects on Saudi's post-oil future

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