“Some people wouldn’t talk to me and other people were absolutely shocked that I would do it. When Christopher Knight wrote that article I felt very pressured and for three days I decided not to do it. I was so depressed and then I said, ‘Wait a minute, I can’t let that kind of [critique] stop me from being part of a historic moment.’”
-Lita Albuquerque, artist, speaking with Artnet News about her decision to participate in Desert X AlUla. 14 art structures were put in place including Albuquerque’s NAJMA which “could be the first time in over 1,000 years that a figurative female sculpture has been displayed in Saudi Arabia.” [artnet.com]
