{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-article-js","path":"/islamic-arts-biennale-2027-names-lead-curators/","result":{"data":{"wordpressPost":{"id":127772,"slug":"islamic-arts-biennale-2027-names-lead-curators","title":"Islamic Arts Biennale 2027 names lead curators","excerpt":"The third edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale will be lead by a team of four curators, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced today. ","content":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127773\" srcset=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-9.jpg 1000w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-9-600x400.jpg 600w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-9-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" /><figcaption>King Abdulaziz International Airport. Courtesy Diriyah Biennale Foundation</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The third edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale will be lead by a team of four curators, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced today. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking the helm will be <strong>Nada Raza</strong>, Director of the Alserkal Arts Foundation; <strong>William Robinson</strong>, formerly head of the Islamic Art department at Christie’s; <strong>Alain Fouad George</strong>, I. M. Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at the University of Oxford and Director of the Lusail Institute in Doha; and <strong>Idries Trevathan</strong>, former Chief Curator of the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Dhahran.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Held at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Arts Biennale aims to trace the ‘tangible and intangible influences of the Muslim world’.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third edition will open on 1 November 2027.</p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read next</strong> <a href=\"https://artreview.com/islamic-arts-biennale-2025-and-all-that-is-in-between-western-hajj-terminal-jeddah-review-mark-rappolt/\">Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 Review: The Weight of the Material</a></p>\n","path":"/islamic-arts-biennale-2027-names-lead-curators/","format":"standard","date":"17 September 2026","rawDate":"2026-09-17T09:42:42.000Z","branch":{"name":"artreview.com"},"author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-9.jpg","caption":"","alt_text":"","media_details":{"width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-9-300x200.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-9-600x400.jpg","width":600,"height":400},"large":null,"wordpress_1536x1536":null,"wordpress_2048x2048":null}}},"acf":{"article_artist":null,"article_video":null,"article_audio":null,"article_collaboration":"","article_custom_html_snippet":"","article_featured_title":"","article_featured_description":"","article_highlight":false,"article_custom_link_url":"","hero_image":null,"seo_title":"Islamic Arts Biennale 2027 names lead curators | ArtReview","seo_description":"Taking the helm will be Nada Raza, Director of the Alserkal Arts Foundation; William Robinson, formerly head of the Islamic Art department at Christie’s; Alain Fouad George, I. 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