Art in Saudi Arabia has experienced many fluctuations and intrinsic changes that have accompanied the intellectual and ideological upheaval in Saudi society. From the impressionist portrayal of social practices and ritualistic ways of celebrating religious and communal occasions, to the new generation’s surrealistic and symbolic depiction of the internal human struggle and thirst for peace and freedom, art in Saudi Arabia is flourishing, as evidence by its flamboyant arrival in the contemporary art world.”