A pioneering Jeddah schoolhouse show reaches Frieze Masters in London 58 years later

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In 1968, two female artists held an exhibition at Dar Al-Tarbia Al-Hadetha school in Jeddah, marking one of the earliest shows by women in Saudi Arabia. Mounirah Mosly, one of the artists, worked on various art projects over her lifetime and passed away in 2019. Her work is now being featured at Frieze Masters in London, a fair for art created before 2000, nearly six decades after the initial exhibition. The Jeddah-based Athr Gallery is showcasing Mosly’s pieces alongside those of Abdulrahman Alsulaiman, with Mosly's artwork specifically highlighted in the fair’s Feminist Legacies section.
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In 1968, two female artists exhibited their paintings at Dar Al-Tarbia Al-Hadetha school in Jeddah, marking one of the earliest exhibitions by women in Saudi Arabia. One of these artists, Mounirah Mosly, who passed away in 2019, spent her career contributing to Aramco publications and organizing children’s art competitions while creating collages incorporating materials like dyes, snakeskin, and rope that reflected themes of war and Palestine.

Nearly six decades later, in 2026, Mosly's work is featured at the prestigious Frieze Masters fair in London, alongside that of another Saudi modernist artist, Abdulrahman Alsulaiman. The Athr Gallery from Jeddah is making its debut at Frieze with these artists, placing Mosly’s pieces in the fair’s Feminist Legacies section, recognizing her contributions to art history.

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Albarakati, M. (2026, October 13). A pioneering Jeddah schoolhouse show reaches Frieze Masters in London 58 years later. Semafor. https://www.semafor.com/article/10/13/2026/a-pioneering-jeddah-schoolhouse-show-reaches-frieze-masters-in-london-58-years-later

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Frieze Masters Jeddah London Saudi Saudi Arabia

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Jeddah GPE · 3× Frieze Masters ORG · 2× Saudi NORP · 2× Aramco ORG · 1× Athr Gallery ORG · 1× Frieze London’s ORG · 1× London GPE · 1× Mounirah Mosly PERSON · 1× Palestine GPE · 1× Saudi Arabia GPE · 1×

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One of them, Mounirah Mosly, spent the decades that followed — long before Vision 2030 set off a boom in Saudi art — designing Aramco publications, helping run its children’s art competitions, and working dyes, snakeskin, and rope into collages about war and Palestine, until her death in 2019.
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A pioneering Jeddah schoolhouse show reaches Frieze Masters in London 58 years later · assertive framing

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It took 58 years for a pioneering Jeddah schoolhouse show to reach Frieze Masters in London. asserted
show → take → London
In 1968, two female artists hung their paintings at a school in Jeddah called Dar Al-Tarbia Al-Hadetha, in one of the first exhibitions women had ever held in Saudi Arabia. asserted
women → hang → Arabia
One of them, Mounirah Mosly, spent the decades that followed — long before Vision 2030 set off a boom in Saudi art — designing Aramco publications, helping run its children’s art competitions, and working dyes, snakeskin, and rope into collages about war and Palestine, until her death in 2019. asserted
Vision → spend → 2019
This week, her creations go on display at Frieze Masters, Frieze London’s fair for art made before 2000, where a slot reads as a verdict that the work now belongs to history. asserted
work → go → history
Jeddah’s Athr Gallery is debuting with Mosly and a second pioneer of Saudi modernism, Abdulrahman Alsulaiman. asserted
Gallery → debut → modernism
Her work hangs in the fair’s Feminist Legacies section. asserted
work → hang → section
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