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Ithra celebrates five years of impact: The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture exceeds expectations with more than three million visitors

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) celebrates five years of continuous success at its iconic building.

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  • DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) celebrates five years of continuous success at its iconic building.
  • Ithra has hosted more than 20 exhibitions, including the Leonardo Da Vinci Codex Atlanticus Exhibition and the Edvard Munch Landscapes of the Soul exhibition.
  • Ithra's Hijrah: In the Footsteps of the Prophet exhibition received more than 100,000 visitors.
  • The Ithra Library, one of the Kingdom's first digitally integrated libraries, has more than 300,000 titles in Arabic and English.

Ithra celebrates five years of impact: The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture exceeds expectations with more than three million visitors

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, July 20, 2023

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) celebrates five years of continuous success at its iconic building.

Key Points: 
  • DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) celebrates five years of continuous success at its iconic building.
  • Ithra has hosted more than 20 exhibitions, including the Leonardo Da Vinci Codex Atlanticus Exhibition and the Edvard Munch Landscapes of the Soul exhibition.
  • Ithra's Hijrah: In the Footsteps of the Prophet exhibition received more than 100,000 visitors.
  • The Ithra Library, one of the Kingdom's first digitally integrated libraries, has more than 300,000 titles in Arabic and English.

Adel Abidin awarded $100,000 to create 2023 Ithra Art Prize-winning work

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) is excited to announce Iraqi-Finnish artist Adel Abidin as the winner of the 5th Ithra Art Prize.

Key Points: 
  • DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) is excited to announce Iraqi-Finnish artist Adel Abidin as the winner of the 5th Ithra Art Prize.
  • "As I delve into the intangible aspects of history, I am confronted with the challenge of scarce reliable archival sources," said Abidin.
  • "The Ithra Art Prize reaffirms Ithra's commitment to developing the creative industries in the Kingdom, the region and the wider world," said Farah Abushullaih, Head of Museum at Ithra.
  • "As one of the largest art grants regionally, we support artists to develop important and meaningful work.

Adel Abidin awarded $100,000 to create 2023 Ithra Art Prize-winning work

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) is excited to announce Iraqi-Finnish artist Adel Abidin as the winner of the 5th Ithra Art Prize.

Key Points: 
  • DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) is excited to announce Iraqi-Finnish artist Adel Abidin as the winner of the 5th Ithra Art Prize.
  • "As I delve into the intangible aspects of history, I am confronted with the challenge of scarce reliable archival sources," said Abidin.
  • "The Ithra Art Prize reaffirms Ithra's commitment to developing the creative industries in the Kingdom, the region and the wider world," said Farah Abushullaih, Head of Museum at Ithra.
  • "As one of the largest art grants regionally, we support artists to develop important and meaningful work.

Ithra enters the metaverse with immersive digital technologies program

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) bridges the physical and virtual worlds to launch the third edition of its Creative Solutions initiative. Focused on creating immersive digital content, the Cycle 2 cohort will showcase 10 prototypes to potential investors at Ithra's landmark building and on a virtual platform on February 1, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Focused on creating immersive digital content, the Cycle 2 cohort will showcase 10 prototypes to potential investors at Ithra's landmark building and on a virtual platform on February 1, 2023.
  • The initiative focuses on building an ecosystem of innovators working on immersive technologies including virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, haptics and immersive audio.
  • The Creative Solutions program is designed to boost Saudi's creative economy by empowering digital content creation, and the latest crop of projects span the education, healthcare, tourism, art, technology and gaming industries.
  • "Immersive technologies have transformed how we work, play and communicate," said Miznah Alzamil, Head of Creativity and Innovation at Ithra.

Ithra enters the metaverse with immersive digital technologies program

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, February 2, 2023

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) bridges the physical and virtual worlds to launch the third edition of its Creative Solutions initiative. Focused on creating immersive digital content, the Cycle 2 cohort will showcase 10 prototypes to potential investors at Ithra's landmark building and on a virtual platform on February 1, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Focused on creating immersive digital content, the Cycle 2 cohort will showcase 10 prototypes to potential investors at Ithra's landmark building and on a virtual platform on February 1, 2023.
  • The initiative focuses on building an ecosystem of innovators working on immersive technologies including virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, haptics and immersive audio.
  • The Creative Solutions program is designed to boost Saudi's creative economy by empowering digital content creation, and the latest crop of projects span the education, healthcare, tourism, art, technology and gaming industries.
  • "Immersive technologies have transformed how we work, play and communicate," said Miznah Alzamil, Head of Creativity and Innovation at Ithra.

Ithra presents new ways to experience and learn about KSA's cultural heritage at the Diriyah Islamic Arts Biennale

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) champions knowledge exploration and scientific discovery at the inaugural edition of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation's Islamic Arts Biennale. The Center takes a multidisciplinary approach to a reexamination of the relationship between culture and Islamic civilization at the biennale, held in Jeddah until April 23, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) champions knowledge exploration and scientific discovery at the inaugural edition of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation's Islamic Arts Biennale.
  • The Center takes a multidisciplinary approach to a reexamination of the relationship between culture and Islamic civilization at the biennale, held in Jeddah until April 23, 2023.
  • In the Footsteps of the Prophet will be screened publicly for the first time at the biennale.
  • "We harness innovation to capture and showcase the Kingdom's cultural heritage at the Biennale.

Ithra presents new ways to experience and learn about KSA's cultural heritage at the Diriyah Islamic Arts Biennale

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) champions knowledge exploration and scientific discovery at the inaugural edition of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation's Islamic Arts Biennale. The Center takes a multidisciplinary approach to a reexamination of the relationship between culture and Islamic civilization at the biennale, held in Jeddah until April 23, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) champions knowledge exploration and scientific discovery at the inaugural edition of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation's Islamic Arts Biennale.
  • The Center takes a multidisciplinary approach to a reexamination of the relationship between culture and Islamic civilization at the biennale, held in Jeddah until April 23, 2023.
  • In the Footsteps of the Prophet will be screened publicly for the first time at the biennale.
  • "We harness innovation to capture and showcase the Kingdom's cultural heritage at the Biennale.

Football and art come together in the first NFT exhibition of its kind

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) celebrates the art of the beautiful game in a unique exhibition at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. From Strike to Stroke features 64 NFTs by 32 artists from the competing nations, while Artificial Intelligence (AI) fuses the pieces from the contending two countries in each of the 64 matches into a unique piece based on the match outcome. The result will be a singular collection of one-of-a-kind NFTs created through a collaboration of man and machine. Strike to Stroke runs at the Msheireb Galleria Doha, Qatar until December 23.

Key Points: 
  • The result will be a singular collection of one-of-a-kind NFTs created through a collaboration of man and machine.
  • The exhibition melds the man-made with the machine-made, and combines art, sport and technology in an innovative fashion.
  • From Strike to Stroke includes artists who have never created NFTs and NFT artists who had not worked within traditional fine art.
  • "The passion shared by football fans for the love of the beautiful game can be tangential to the passion shared by art aesthetes," said Dr. Shurooq Amin in her curator's brief to the exhibition.

Football and art come together in the first NFT exhibition of its kind

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) celebrates the art of the beautiful game in a unique exhibition at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. From Strike to Stroke features 64 NFTs by 32 artists from the competing nations, while Artificial Intelligence (AI) fuses the pieces from the contending two countries in each of the 64 matches into a unique piece based on the match outcome. The result will be a singular collection of one-of-a-kind NFTs created through a collaboration of man and machine. Strike to Stroke runs at the Msheireb Galleria Doha, Qatar until December 23.

Key Points: 
  • The result will be a singular collection of one-of-a-kind NFTs created through a collaboration of man and machine.
  • The exhibition melds the man-made with the machine-made, and combines art, sport and technology in an innovative fashion.
  • From Strike to Stroke includes artists who have never created NFTs and NFT artists who had not worked within traditional fine art.
  • "The passion shared by football fans for the love of the beautiful game can be tangential to the passion shared by art aesthetes," said Dr. Shurooq Amin in her curator's brief to the exhibition.