The Diriyah Biennale Foundation announces the 2025 edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale, the second edition in the event’s history, in Jeddah, a city that has represented a meeting point of cultures for centuries, at the Western Hajj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport, a site that echoes with memory and emotion for Muslim pilgrims that embark on their religious journeys every year. By juxtaposing historical objects from Islamic cultures with contemporary art, the Biennale will explore how faith is experienced, expressed, and celebrated through feeling, thinking, and making. Furthermore, through presenting a dialogue between historic and contemporary works within the galleries and in outdoor spaces, the event offers unique insights into the ways cultures endure in the context of the transformations taking place today in Saudi Arabia with a global frame of reference.

The 2025 Islamic Arts Biennale is titled And all that is in between, after a verse that appears several times in the Quran that describes the all-encompassing beauty of the world as perceived and experienced by humans. Across five exhibition halls and outdoor spaces, and with more than 500 objects and contemporary artworks on view, the event will explore how we can endeavor to comprehend the wonder of what the divine and faith has brought into being.

In the 2025 edition, the Islamic Arts Biennale presents a significantly greater amount of works and welcomes over 30 participating institutions as the world’s central platform for Islamic arts. The exhibition will bring together loans from the world’s leading institutions of Islamic arts as well as commissions from over 20 artists from Saudi Arabia, the wider Gulf region, and beyond, providing a global stage for these artists and bringing artists from around the world to Saudi Arabia so that local audiences can encounter compelling practices and diverse perspectives in contemporary art.