Land Art at AlUla's Wadi AlFann

AlUla・Wadi AlFann のランドアート

OPERATOR: Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), Saudi Arabia
LOCATION: AlUla
MODEL: Operator commission — RCU commissions permanent site-specific works from international artists, running the seasonal public-art biennial Desert X AlUla (since 2020) as a pre-opening programme and acquiring its commissions into a permanent collection
ARTIST PAY: Permanent commissions for large-scale site-specific works; Desert X AlUla commissions acquired by RCU
CADENCE: Permanent installations (initial works to be unveiled from 2026) plus the seasonal Desert X AlUla biennial (winter–spring)
SPEC: c. 65 sq km; five initial permanent commissions (James Turrell, Agnes Denes, Michael Heizer, Ahmed Mater, Manal AlDowayan)
SINCE: 2020
STATUS: Active — The permanent Wadi AlFann site is in development; a James Turrell exhibition (2025) and Desert X AlUla (2026) have run as pre-opening programmes