Diriyah Art Futures unveils cohort for first Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency

Diriyah Art Futures announced the first cohorts of artists and scholars who will take part in the residency. (Supplied)
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Updated 25 March 2025
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Diriyah Art Futures unveils cohort for first Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah Art Futures is launching its inaugural Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency, set to run from April to July, 2025, with a second three-month session in autumn.

Billed as a new media arts hub, Diriyah Art Futures announced the first cohorts of artists and scholars who will take part in the residency.

Seven creatives will participate in the first session: UK-based artist Dr. Stanza; Indian artist Harshit Agrawal; Saudi artists Arwa Yahya Alneami, Reem Alnasser, and Reem Alfagih; Japanese curator and scholar Mizuho Yamazaki; and German scholar Anett Holszheid. 

Set against Diriyah’s historic farms and Riyadh’s evolving environment, participants will develop their projects under the theme “High-Resolution Dreams of Sand,” considering the impact of technology on natural and constructed landscapes. Their work will be documented in a publication and the program will culminate in a series of public engagement programming to give audiences insights on their research and explorations. 

The program offers residents access to labs and studios, as well as a budget for production costs alongside a dedicated production team. 

Developed by the Saudi Museums Commission in partnership with Diriyah Co., Diriyah Art Futures, which was launched last year, aims to contribute to the new media and digital art landscape by integrating regional voices into the global art, technology and innovation conversation.

The hub opened its doors in November with an inaugural exhibition titled “Art Must Be Artificial: Perspectives of AI in the Visual Arts.”

Curated by Jerome Neutres, former director at the Reunion des Musees Nationaux-Grand Palais in Paris, the exhibition featured works by more than 30 international and regional artists exploring the history of computer art from the 1960s to the present day.

 


Lindsay Lohan steps out in Dubai

Updated 17 January 2026
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Lindsay Lohan steps out in Dubai

DUBAI: Dubai-based Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan was spotted in the city this week alongside her husband, Kuwaiti financier Bader Shammas, as the couple stepped out in coordinated black looks.

Lohan was wearing a sleek black long-sleeved mini dress with a high neckline and softly draped silhouette, featuring gathered ruching across the skirt with a tie detail at the waist. She paired the look with pointed black heels and kept her accessories minimal, opting for delicate earrings and a statement ring from Italian fine jewelry label Bijouq.

The couple were attending the opening of Japanese restaurant Nobu’s new outpost at One Za’abeel.

Lohan has been based in Dubai for more than 10 years, where she has built a quieter, more private life away from Hollywood.

She married Shammas in 2022, and the couple welcomed their first child, a son named Luai, in 2023.

The actress has since continued to balance family life in the UAE with her acting career, including her recent return to film and television projects.

Lohan most recently starred in “Freakier Friday,” the Disney sequel to “Freaky Friday,” which was released in August 2025 and marked her return to theatrical film acting alongside Jamie Lee Curtis.

It follows another body-swap chaos — this time across generations. Lohan and Lee Curtis return as Anna and Tess, but the story expands to include Anna’s own daughter, creating a multi-generational switch that complicates family dynamics even further.

The film explores motherhood, identity and how perspectives change as roles reverse again.

Lohan is also set to star in and executive-produce the Hulu limited series “Count My Lies,” an adaptation of Sophie Stava’s novel that is currently in development and marks one of her first major television roles.

She will play Violet Lockhart alongside co-lead Shailene Woodley, who stars as Sloane Caraway, a compulsive liar whose small deceptions land her a job as a nanny for the seemingly perfect Lockhart family. Kit Harington has also joined the cast in a leading role.

 

As Sloane becomes increasingly entangled in Violet and her husband Jay’s world, hidden secrets begin to unravel, revealing dangerous truths beneath the family’s polished exterior. The series does not yet have an official release date.