Inspired by the many censored figures that have been inked-out or scribbled over on products and magazines across her home country, Al-Saud creates manually altered photographic images that transform familiar, friendly scenes of men and women into ghostly collages of face-less beings. The artworks possess the faint qualities of a snapshot you'd frame and hang on your wall; images of friends slouching for group photos or kissing companions on the cheek, and yet they remain physically devoid of any identifying qualities. The haunting works of art mysteriously conflate the roles of artist and censor.

Also featured during the second day of the Art Week was the opening of Pen to Paper, a group exhibition co-organised by Athr Gallery and the Al Madad Foundation’s Aya Haidar. The exhibition highlighted notions of knowledge, truth, and the dissemination of information (and misinformation), and featured works by renowned artists such as Tammam Azzam, Ayman Yossri Daydban, Saddek Wasil, and Jowhara AlSaud. Speaking about education and the arts in Saudi Arabia, Haidar noted the reality of the arts as being officially excluded from the Saudi curriculum.

Excerpts from Interviews with Sheikha Lulu Al Sabah:

There are a large number of women artists being represented at the auction. Who are some of the rising stars?

 The rising stars include Amira Behbehani, Simeen Farhat, Jowhara Al Saud and Shiva Ahmadi.