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How contemporary Saudi art found a unique home in the canyons of AlUla

In 2017, a group of people landed at an airport at AlUla in north-west Saudi Arabia.

The trip was organised by Washington’s Smithsonian Museum. They were there for a brief visit to one of the great archaeological sites of the world but also to meet the newly established Royal Commission for AlUla, a body with big plans for the area.

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