Lahd Gallery

Lahd Gallery Pioneers. Collectors. Educators. Contemporary MENASA art
Riyadh / London
EST. 2005

Founded in 2005 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Lahd Gallery soon became a well-known international space representing and collecting exclusively MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia) contemporary art for more than a decade.

UNTITLED (Healing Devices) ❤️‍🩹 by Huda LutfiHuda Lutfi is an Egyptian visual artist and cultural historian whose interd...
16/05/2026

UNTITLED (Healing Devices) ❤️‍🩹 by Huda Lutfi

Huda Lutfi is an Egyptian visual artist and cultural historian whose interdisciplinary practice explores memory, history, gender, and the symbolic languages embedded within everyday life.

Trained as a scholar of Arab-Islamic cultural history, she draws on archival material, religious iconography, and fragments of popular culture to construct layered visual narratives that bridge the personal and the collective.

Initiated through research at Cairo’s historic Qalawun Hospital, Healing Devices emerged from Lutfi’s encounter with medieval medicinal manuscripts and the inventions of the 12th-century engineer Ismail al-Jazari.

Inspired by The Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, the series reimagines speculative instruments of emotional and psychological repair.

Through assemblages of cut paper, collage, geometric forms, layered texts, and metallic surfaces, Lutfi creates imagined therapeutic mechanisms that navigate states of anxiety, healing, and resilience.

Developed during periods of uncertainty and introspection, the series offers a contemplative meditation on healing as an ongoing process of care, creativity, and reconstruction.

Lutfi’s distinctive practice has established her as one of the leading voices in contemporary Middle Eastern art.

Her work is held in major international collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the British Museum, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, and the American University in Cairo, among others.

Mixed media on paper
18 × 13.5 cm
2019





بدون عنوان (آليات الشفاء)❤️‍🩹 — هدى لطفي

هدى لطفي فنانة بصرية ومؤرخة ثقافية مصرية، تستكشف من خلال ممارستها موضوعات الذاكرة، والتاريخ، والجندر، واللغات الرمزية المتجذّرة في تفاصيل الحياة اليومية.

وبحكم تكوينها الأكاديمي كباحثة في التاريخ الثقافي العربي والإسلامي، تستند أعمالها بالمواد الأرشيفية، والأيقونات الدينية، وشظايا الثقافة الشعبية، لتشييد سرديات بصرية متعددة الطبقات تربط بين الذاتي والجمعي.

انبثقت سلسلة آليات الشفاء من بحث أجرته هدى لطفي في مستشفى قلاوون التاريخي بالقاهرة، حيث تبلور المشروع عند تقاطع مخطوطات الطب في العصور الوسطى مع ابتكارات العالم والمهندس أبو العز بن إسماعيل بن الرزاز الجزري في القرن الثاني عشر.

واستلهامًا من كتابه الشهير «الجامع بين العلم والعمل النافع في صناعة الحيل»، تعيد السلسلة تخيّل أجهزة افتراضية صُممت لدعم الترميم العاطفي والنفسي. وتطرح هذه الأعمال فكرة الشفاء ليس كحل نهائي، بل كرحلة مستمرة من التأمل، والرعاية، واستعادة التوازن.

ومن خلال استخدام قصاصات الورق، والكولاج، والأشكال الهندسية، والنصوص المتراكبة، والأسطح المعدنية، تبتكر هدى لطفي أدوات علاجية متخيّلة تعبّر عن حالات مختلفة مثل القلق، والشفاء، والقدرة على التحمّل.

وقد طُوّرت هذه الأعمال خلال فترات من التأمل وعدم اليقين، لتقدّم تصورًا بصريًا للشفاء بوصفه عملية مستمرة من الرعاية، والإبداع، وإعادة البناء.

رسّخت هدى لطفي مكانتها كإحدى أبرز أصوات الفن المعاصر في الشرق الأوسط، وتوجد أعمالها ضمن مجموعات فنية دولية مرموقة، من بينها متحف مقاطعة لوس أنجلوس للفنون، والمتحف البريطاني، والمعرض الوطني الأردني للفنون الجميلة، والجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة وغيرها.

وسائط متعددة على الورق
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Selfie 🤳 capturing a fleeting moment of instant joy meeting the eloquent   , under the watchful eyes of his ancestors ✨ ...
30/01/2026

Selfie 🤳 capturing a fleeting moment of instant joy meeting the eloquent , under the watchful eyes of his ancestors ✨ x N

سيلفي 🤳 لحظة فرح خاطفة وأنا ألتقي بالفنان والصحفي مسعود هيون، تحت نظرات أجداده ✨ x نوف


CRAB RAVE 🦀 by Rabia S. Akhtar  Rabia S. Akhtar is a contemporary Pakistani artist known for her richly symbolic paintin...
16/01/2026

CRAB RAVE 🦀 by Rabia S. Akhtar

Rabia S. Akhtar is a contemporary Pakistani artist known for her richly symbolic paintings that blend surreal imagery with psychological and folkloric undertones.

Drawing inspiration from folklore, natural cycles, and psychological landscapes, Akhtar creates immersive worlds where animals and environments serve as metaphors for tension, transformation, and coexistence.

Working primarily in oil, she constructs dreamlike landscapes filled with animals, dynamic skies, and transitional terrains; spaces where instinct, emotion, and myth intersect. Her compositions often balance whimsy with unease, employing vibrant colours and meticulous detail to explore themes of coexistence, inner tension, transformation, and quiet resistance.

In her work “Crab Rave,” Akhtar portrays a poetic encounter between creatures and their environment. The vibrant hues and symbolic figures suggest a world caught between playfulness and confrontation. This artwork invites open interpretation, allowing the narrative to remain fluid and intuitive rather than fixed.

Akhtar’s work has been exhibited in group shows across South Asia and Europe, establishing her as a distinctive voice in contemporary figurative and surreal painting.

Gouache on Wasli
33 x 35.6 cm






ربيعة أختار فنانة باكستانية معاصرة، عُرفت بلوحاتها الغنية بالرمزية، التي تمزج بين الخيال السريالي والإيحاءات الفولكلورية.

تستلهم ربيعة أعمالها من الحكايات الشعبية، وتعاقب الفصول، والهواجس الداخلية، لتبتكر عوالم بصرية غامرة تتحوّل فيها الحيوانات والمناظر الطبيعية إلى رموز تعبّر عن التوتر، والتحوّل، والتعايش.

تعتمد لوحاتها على مشاهد حالمة تضم كائنات حيّة، وسماءً متحركة، ومساحات انتقالية، حيث يلتقي العاطفي بالأسطوري في توازن هادئ ودقيق.

وغالبًا ما تجمع تكويناتها بين الطرافة والقلق، مستخدمة ألوانًا نابضة بالحياة وتفاصيل دقيقة لاستكشاف موضوعات التعايش، والتوتر الداخلي، والتحوّل، والصمود الهادئ.

في عملها «كراب ريف»، تقدّم ربيعة أختار مشهدًا شاعريًا بين الكائنات البحرية وبيئتها، توظّف فيه الألوان الزاهية والرموز لخلق عالم يتأرجح بين الطرافة والمواجهة، ويظل مفتوحًا على تعدّد التفسيرات.

عُرضت أعمال ربيعة أختار في معارض جماعية في جنوب آسيا وأوروبا، مما رسّخ حضورها كصوت مميّز في مجال الرسم التشكيلي والسريالي المعاصر.

غواش على ورق وصلي
سم ٣٣ x ٣٥.٦

THROWBACK THURSDAY 🕞 In 2006, the Doha Cultural Salon hosted H.H. Dr Nauf AlBendar for an open conversation with the sal...
14/11/2025

THROWBACK THURSDAY 🕞 In 2006, the Doha Cultural Salon hosted H.H. Dr Nauf AlBendar for an open conversation with the salon’s attendees, during which she spoke about Saudi female creativity and the emerging voice of women in the arts.

The session was led by renowned associate professor, writer, and critic Dr Kaltam Jabor, during the launch of the “A Spectrum from Saudi Arabia” exhibition of Lahd Gallery in Doha, presented by the National Council for Culture, Arts & Heritage at Qatar National Theatre.

📸 H.H Dr Nauf AlBendar with Dr Kaltam Jabor M. Al Kuwari at Doha’s cultural Salon in 2006.
استضاف الصالون الثقافي ببيت الخليفي عام ٢٠٠٦ صاحبة السمو الدكتورة نوف آل بندر، في جلسة مفتوحة مع روّاد الصالون، تحدّثت فيها عن الإبداع النسوي السعودي. وتولّت الأديبة والناقدة الدكتورة كلثم جبر إدارة الجلسة، وذلك ضمن افتتاح معرض ’طيف من السعودية’ اللي اقيمت في المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون والتراث في مسرح قطر الوطني في الدوحة.

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31/10/2025

20 years of breaking boundaries.
2026 — we go beyond.

Thank you for being part of our journey in the last two decades!






In a conversation with Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari about her remarkable journey and the socially vital work she is ...
18/10/2025

In a conversation with Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari about her remarkable journey and the socially vital work she is undertaking.

Mrs. Lari's genuine ecological vision has transformed the lives of many in the poorest communities in Sindh, Pakistan, in a sustainable way. She was also honoured with the prestigious Fukuoka Prize in 2016 and the RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal in 2023.

📸 HH Dr Nauf AlBendar with Mrs. Yasmeen Lari and Baroness Nosheena Mobarik (2nd slide) at Parliament of Westminter in June 2023




MALIKA DANCING 🩰 by Anan Al-Olayan Al-Olayan is a self-taught Saudi artist known for her evocative digital fine art and ...
20/07/2025

MALIKA DANCING 🩰 by Anan Al-Olayan

Al-Olayan is a self-taught Saudi artist known for her evocative digital fine art and mixed-media compositions.

With a microbiology and medical research background, her transition to art brought a meticulous eye and fascination with hidden structures, sensibilities that now shape her layered, symbolic work.

Inspired by her cross-cultural life between London and Al-Khobar, Al-Olayan creates digital composites that fuse photography, drawing, and cultural motifs.

Her acclaimed Malika series explores themes of veiled identity, feminine sovereignty, and introspective power through surreal portraits of crowned, masked figures.

Her work, which has been exhibited at Lahd Gallery, the Singapore Art Fair (2014), and Le Salon de Lahd (2015), is a poetic theatre of contrasts between the seen and unseen, tradition and reinvention, intimacy and spectacle.

Mixed media digital print on wood
50 x 60 cm
2013



Selfie 🤳 at the studio of the wonderful Iraqi artist  . Discussing history, art, and life ✨ x N
11/05/2025

Selfie 🤳 at the studio of the wonderful Iraqi artist . Discussing history, art, and life ✨ x N



VISTA VISIONS VII 🧿 by Ramzi MallatRamzi Mallat, a Lebanese multidisciplinary artist of remarkable sensitivity, construc...
27/04/2025

VISTA VISIONS VII 🧿 by Ramzi Mallat

Ramzi Mallat, a Lebanese multidisciplinary artist of remarkable sensitivity, constructs a compelling dialogue between cultural heritage, personal identity, and sociopolitical critique.

His practice is deeply rooted in the complexities of a globalised world, drawing richly from Levantine theological and folkloric traditions to subvert and reimagine conventional heritage narratives.

Mallat’s oeuvre frequently interrogates the entangled relationships between capitalism, labour, and the rituals of everyday life, offering a poignant meditation on the mechanisms by which meaning is manufactured and manipulated within contemporary society.

Through his work, he mounts a subtle yet potent resistance against displacement and the erasure of marginalised histories.

In Vista Visions, Mallat deftly examines the enduring tension between belief and doubt, recontextualising potent symbols, such as the evil eye, within modern frameworks.

Here, myth, faith, and storytelling converge, inviting viewers to contemplate the fragile, often contradictory nature of human attempts to seek meaning through tradition.

A graduate of Lancaster University (BA in Fine Art) and the Royal College of Art in London (MA in Sculpture), Mallat’s artistic trajectory has garnered significant acclaim.

In 2022, he was named to Forbes Middle East’s “30 Under 30” list & serves as a trustee for the IMOS Foundation in the UK

Wax pencil on paper
45 x 110 cm
2024


THROWBACK THURSDAY 🕞 H.H Dr Nauf AlBendar’s visionary & initial pioneering mission to bring to light women artists from ...
20/02/2025

THROWBACK THURSDAY 🕞 H.H Dr Nauf AlBendar’s visionary & initial pioneering mission to bring to light women artists from Saudi Arabia & neighbouring Gulf countries on an international stage.

📸 in 2006 covering the upcoming exhibition in Kuwait City in collaboration with Dar Al Funoon.
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