• The Noor Riyadh 2024 Preview Night provided an exclusive first look at the festival’s fourth edition with curated tours at the King Abdulaziz Historical Center and a drone show by United Visual Artists.
• The fourth edition of Noor Riyadh showcases 62 installations by 61 artists from 18 countries, transforming Riyadh into a gallery without walls.
• The festival runs from 28 November to 14 December across three iconic hubs: King Abdulaziz Historical Center, Wadi Hanifah and the JAX District.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Under the umbrella of Riyadh Art, Noor Riyadh’s 2024 Preview Night illuminated the King Abdulaziz Historical Center, offering a first glimpse at the festival. The evening brought together artists, curators and dignitaries to preview the fourth edition of the world’s largest light art festival, under the theme Light Years Apart.

Following welcome speeches from Architect Khalid Al-Hazani, Executive Director of the Riyadh Art Program, and Nouf AlMoneef, Festival Director of Noor Riyadh, festival curators Dr. Effat Abdullah Fadag and Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti led guests on guided tours of the 18 artworks surrounding Murabba Palace.

London-based artist collective, United Visual Artists, transformed the night sky into a living canvas with a preview of their drone show, Aether. Featuring 1,500 drones, the seven-minute performance explores the silent harmony of the stars and planets as it brings the unseen into view.

The Preview Night set the stage for Noor Riyadh 2024 which officially opens to the public from 28 November to 14 December. The festival turns Riyadh into a citywide gallery across three iconic hubs – the King Abdulaziz Historical Center, Wadi Hanifah and the JAX District – as this year’s edition showcases 62 light-based artworks created by 61 artists from 18 countries.

Noor Riyadh 2024 features 18 Saudi artists and 43 international artists, with representation from Australia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.

Noor Riyadh integrates public art displays with workshops, talks and community events, offering a unique blend of cultural enrichment and creative expression. Noor Riyadh has achieved 14 Guinness World Records, cementing its reputation as the largest and most impactful light art festival in the world.

The festival underscores Riyadh Art’s mission of transforming the Saudi capital into an open-air gallery. Since 2019, the Riyadh Art Program has presented over 500 artworks by more than 500 artists and attracted over six million visitors through its flagship festivals, Noor Riyadh and Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium.

For more details, visit noorriyadh.sa or follow the festival on Instagram at instagram.com/noorriyadhfestival.

For more information regarding Riyadh Art and Noor Riyadh contact:
Riyadh Art Media Center: info@riyadhart.sa  

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About Noor Riyadh
Noor Riyadh is a citywide annual festival of light and art which launched in March 2021. Noor Riyadh includes a festival and world-class exhibition, along with a public program of community activities, featuring educational workshops, talks and performances. Noor Riyadh is the largest light art festival in the world.

Noor Riyadh combines the highest quality light artworks from leading international and Saudi artists, across the largest city footprint of any light art festival worldwide. Staged under Riyadh Art, the festival aims to nurture local talent and inspire youth to drive Saudi Arabia’s creative economy.

Website: http://noorriyadh.sa
Instagram: @noorriyadhfestival
Twitter: @NoorRiyadhFest
Facebook: @NoorRiyadhFestival

Noor Riyadh is presented by Riyadh Art and the Royal Commission for Riyadh City.

 

Artist	Country	Artwork title, year	Hub
05.10 Studio	Saudi Arabia	Illuminating Souls	Wadi Hanifah
A.A.Murakami	United Kingdom (Alexander Groves) Japan (Azusa Murakami)	The Passage of Ra	Jax District
Abdulrahman Taha	Saudi Arabia	Palm Forest	KAHC
Ali AlRuzaiza	Saudi Arabia	A Part of a Human Life	KAHC
Anna Ridler	United Kingdom	Circadian Nocturne	Wadi Hanifah
Asmaa Aljohani	Saudi Arabia	Al-Majles	Jax District
Atelier Sisu	Australia (the studio) Peru (Renzo B. Larriviere) Australia (Zara Pasfield)	Evanescent	Wadi Hanifah
Athar Alharbi	Saudi Arabia	Perceiving Saudi Arabia’s Culture	KAHC
Ayman Yossri Daydban	Saudi Arabia	White Noise	Jax District
Boris Acket	Netherlands	Sunbeam, Captured	Jax District
Chris Levine	United Kingdom	Light is Love	Wadi Hanifah
		Higher Power	Faisaliah
Collectif Scale	France	Flux	Jax District
Daan Roosegaarde	Netherlands	Spark	Wadi Hanifah
Ebtesam Saleh	Saudi Arabia	Shabbah	Wadi Hanifah
Edoardo Dionea Cicconi	Italy	AKR III	KAHC
Fahad Al Naymah	Saudi Arabia	Manqiya	Wadi Hanifah
Federico Acciardi	Italy	Choreography in the Void	Jax District
Felix Frank	Germany	PULSE	KAHC
Filip Roca	Based in Barcelona	The Stream	KAHC
Hashel Al Lamki	United Arab Emirates	Bronze	Wadi Hanifah
Hmoud Alattawi	Saudi Arabia	Energy of Vision	Wadi Hanifah
Inside Out Project by JR	France	Inside Out	Jax District
Janez Grošelj	Slovenia	Alchemy of Atmospheres	KAHC
Javier Riera	Spain	Places of Geometry and Light	KAHC
Jiyen Lee	South Korea	Stain-Rainbow Forest 2.3	Jax District
Jukan Tateisi and Takeshi Yasura	Japan and United States (Jukan Tateisi) Japan (Takeshi Yasura)	Gravitation	Jax District
Kimchi and Chips	South Korea and United Kingdom	Another Moon	Wadi Hanifah
Koros Design Studio	Hungary	Connected	KAHC
Krista Kim	Canada/Korea	Heart Space	Jax District
Ksawery Komputery	Poland	Flux	Wadi Hanifah
Lachlan Turczan	United States	Aldwa Alsael	Wadi Hanifah
Marshmallow Laser Feast	Based in the United Kingdom	Distortions in Spacetime	Jax District
Maryam Tariq	Saudi Arabia	Cosmic rays	Digital City
Mathias Gramoso	France and Portugal	PLAGIO.2	Jax District
Najla Alqubaisi	Saudi Arabia	The Sound of Millstone	KAHC
Nasser Al Turki	Saudi Arabia	Travel of the Light	Wadi Hanifah
Nawaf Al Dohan	Saudi Arabia	Sukoon	Jax District
Nick Verstand	Netherlands	Aura	Jax District
NONOTAK	France and Japan	Daydream V6	Jax District
Quiet Ensemble	Italy	Solar Dust	Wadi Hanifah
Random International	United Kingdom	Alone Together	KAHC
Rashed AlShashai	Saudi Arabia	The Fifth Pyramid	KAHC
Refik Anadol	Türkiye	Machine Hallucinations – LNM	KAHC
Ricardo Morcillo	Spain	Beings of Light	KAHC
Romain Tardy	France	The Great Indecision Council	Wadi Hanifah
Ryoji Ikeda	Japan	Mass	Jax District
Saad Al Howede	Saudi Arabia	TAPLINE	Wadi Hanifah
Saeed Gamhawi	Saudi Arabia	In Plain Sight	Wadi Hanifah
Shuster + Moseley	United Kingdom	The Empty Mirror of the Sky	Jax District
SpY	Spain	OVOID	Wadi Hanifah
Stanza	United Kingdom	Out of Breath: A Life Support Machine	Wadi Hanifah
Stefano Cagol	Italy	NAJM	Wadi Hanifah
Takayuki Mori	Japan	View Tracing #5 “LABYRINTH”	Jax District
THIRD SPACE* Studio	United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia	From East to West and North to South	Wadi Hanifah
TUNDRA	Based in France	Row	Jax District
United Visual Artists	United Kingdom	Aether	KAHC
Vincent Ruijters	Netherlands	Selintas Selalu	Jax District
VOUW	Netherlands	Chairwave	KAHC
Xavi Bové Studio	Spain	Phasing Rain	KAHC
Yann Nguema	France	The Well of Life	KAHC
Yusef Alahmad	Saudi Arabia	Metamorphosis	Jax District

About Riyadh Art
Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, is on a 10-year mission to become one of the world's most livable and competitive cities, a global center which is open for business and that welcomes the world. With a young and rapidly growing population of 7+ million residents, Riyadh is transforming into a vibrant and cosmopolitan metropolis.

Art and culture reflect the spirit of a city. That’s why the Riyadh Art project has been developed to turn the whole capital into a creative canvas – a gallery without walls – to enrich lives, ignite creative expression and kindle the creative economy. Riyadh Art is a demonstration of the open, accessible and creative transformation of the capital, where the exchange of ideas through creative expression develops a deeper sense of mutual understanding and respect.

The Riyadh Art project will have a positive impact on people, bringing everyday moments of joy to residents and visitors alike, while instilling a greater sense of civic pride and creating a more beautiful city for everyone to enjoy. It will also spark the development of the new creative economy and have a positive effect on attracting new businesses to invest in the city.

Website: www.riyadhart.sa
Instagram: @riyadhartofficial
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Facebook: @RiyadhArtOfficial

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