{"id":20590,"date":"2026-10-20T09:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/?p=20590"},"modified":"2026-10-20T09:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:32:26","slug":"paris-and-the-arab-world-an-evolving-cultural-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/paris-and-the-arab-world-an-evolving-cultural-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris and the Arab world: An evolving cultural exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia also has a notable presence across Paris Art Week. At Asia NOW, Villa Hegra is presenting <em>Tables Around: Six Proposals from Saudi Arabia<\/em>, curated by Basmah Felemban and Ga\u00ebl Charbau. Bringing together seven Saudi women artists, the exhibition examines the table as an object associated with hospitality, domestic rituals and social exchange. Meanwhile, at Paris Internationale, the AlUla Contemporary Art Museum is presenting Saudi artist Ayman Zedani&rsquo;s <em>In the Bellies of the Rocks<\/em>. Both exhibitions form part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admiddleeast.com\/story\/alula-arts-festival-2026-showcases-global-artists-in-its-largest-edition-yet\">AlUla<\/a> Cultural Season in Paris. French institutions and cultural organisations have also established a presence in the region, notably through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admiddleeast.com\/story\/louvre-abu-dhabi-2026-exhibition-line-up\">Louvre Abu Dhabi<\/a> and projects in AlUla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Asia NOW, Villa Hegra is presenting Tables Around: Six Proposals from Saudi Arabia, curated by Basmah Felemban and Ga\u00ebl Charbau. Bringing together seven Saudi women artists, the exhibition examines the table as an object associated with hospitality, domestic rituals and social exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tumblr_source_name":"AD ","_tumblr_source_url":"https:\/\/www.admiddleeast.com\/story\/art-basel-paris-2026-everything-you-need-to-know","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,159,5,8],"class_list":["post-20590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presse","tag-asianow","tag-basmahfelemban","tag-gaelcharbau","tag-villahegra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20592,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20590\/revisions\/20592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaelcharbau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}