ArtDayME: A major exhibition at the Ithra Museum in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, is celebrating fifty pioneering women artists from across the Arab world, highlighting their overlooked role in shaping modern Arab art from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Titled “Horizon in Their Hands: Women Artists from the Arab World (1960s–1980s),” the show runs until February 14, 2026, in partnership with Sharjah’s Barjeel Art Foundation and curated by Rémi Homs. Featuring painting, sculpture, ceramics, tapestry, glass and mixed media, it seeks to rewrite Arab modernism with women at its core.

Highlights include works by Egyptian revolutionary Inji Efflatoun, Moroccan painter Chaibia Talal, Palestinian ceramicist Vera Tamari, as well as Saudi pioneers Safeya Binzagr and Mounirah Mosly. The exhibition spans early figures like Zeinab Abd el-Hamid and Safia Farhat through to later voices such as Mariam al-Fakhro and Suad al-Essa.

The exhibition highlights resilience, innovation and experimentation, offering a rare chance to see these stories unfold side by side and marking a milestone in the rewriting of modern Arab art history.