For its second edition, in November 2022, the groundbreaking Noor Riyadh festival of light and contemporary art presents 190 monumental works signed by 130 artists from 40 countries and scattered in 40 emblematic locations throughout the city.

Curated by Hervé Mikaeloff, Dorothy Di Stefano and Jumana Ghouth and adviser Arnaud Morand, Noor Riyadh brings together Saudi and international artists such as Tadashi Kawamata, Grimanesa Amorós, Gisela Colón, Douglas Gordon, winner of the Turner Prize, Alicja Kwade, Sabine Marcelis, Muhannad Shono, who represented Saudi Arabia at the Venice Biennale 2022, and French artists Daniel Buren, Jean-Michel Othoniel and Bertrand Lavier.

Entitled "We dream of new horizons", this second edition transforms the city into a dazzling nighttime gallery without walls, welcoming over 2.5 million visitors from international audiences to visitors from all over the globe.

Gathering a dedicated team, Manifesto manages the artist liaison, especially for Tadashi Kawamata, but also the monitoring of artworks production, installation, operations during the Festival and their dismantling, as well as supplier research for 82 of these monumental artworks in the public space. 

Nests in Riyadh (2022) by Tadashi Kawamata will lift the viewers’ gaze from the ground to a different, higher place, offering them the opportunity to perceive their own interaction with their surroundings. Made of assembled pine wood planks, these hideaways or intimate dwelling places are a sharp contrast against Riyadh’s impressive skyscrapers and modern architecture. Nestled among the man-made buildings, the natural materials are a reminder of the need to keep thinking and inhabiting our modern cities in a collective, poetic and ecological way