Lahd Gallery

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Lahd Gallery is a contemporary Middle Eastern art gallery. Founded by Nauf AlBendar in 2005 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to create a focal point for women artists from the Persian Gulf,{{cite news|title=تشكيل كويتي في لندن|url=http://international.daralhayat.com/internationalarticle/239231|accessdate=1 July 2011|newspaper=Al Hayat|date=1 March 2011|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708231834/http://international.daralhayat.com/internationalarticle/239231|archivedate=8 July 2011}}{{cite news|title=UK's First Ever Kuwaiti Pop Art Exhibition|url=http://www.muslimness.com/2011/06/uks-first-ever-kuwaiti-pop-art.html|accessdate=1 July 2011|newspaper=Muslimness.com|date=29 June 2011}}{{cite news|title=Promoting Gulf women artists via exhibitions|url=http://www.bt.com.bn/classification/life/faces/2007/04/10/promoting_gulf_women_artists_via_exhibitions|accessdate=1 July 2011|newspaper=The Brunei Times|date=10 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706150446/http://www.bt.com.bn/classification/life/faces/2007/04/10/promoting_gulf_women_artists_via_exhibitions|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead}} in 2010 it moved to its present location in Hampstead, London.{{cite news|last=Manjan|first=Adnan Z.|title=SQUA.RE Exclusive: "An Intimate Geography": AbdulAziz Al Qahtani Solo Exhibition at Lahd Gallery, London|url=http://squa.re/2011/01/03/squa-re-exclusive-%E2%80%9Can-intimate-geography%E2%80%9D-abdulaziz-al-qahtani-solo-exhibition-at-lahd-gallery-london/|accessdate=1 July 2011|newspaper=SQUA.RE|date=3 January 2011}}{{cite news|last=The Absolute Man|title=Pop Icons: Hamad & Ali Take On London Town|url=http://www.bazaar-magazine.com/baz/bazaar/index.php?show=eIndex&show_filter=view&action=article&art_id=ART00000001038|accessdate=1 July 2011|newspaper=bazaar magazine|date=June 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127181404/http://bazaar-magazine.com/baz/bazaar/index.php?show=eIndex&show_filter=view&action=article&art_id=ART00000001038|archivedate=27 November 2011}}{{cite news|last=Aubry|first=Alex|title=The Gulf Re-veiled|url=http://www.dia-boutique.com/magazine/blog/shurooq-amin/|accessdate=1 July 2011|newspaper=Dia Magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709020341/http://www.dia-boutique.com/magazine/blog/shurooq-amin/|archivedate=9 July 2011}}{{cite news|last=Oasis Magazine|title=Rediscovering Sudan: Lahd Gallery Exhibition, London|url=http://oasis-mag.blogspot.com/2011/03/rediscovering-sudan-lahd-gallery.html|accessdate=1 July 2011|newspaper=Oasis Magazine|date=28 March 2011}}{{Update inline|date=October 2023}}

Lahd Gallery became a well-known exhibition space representing exclusively MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia) contemporary art. Artists are exposed to an international market using an online e-gallery, as well as yearly international pop venues, fairs and events all over the world.{{cite web|title=Icons of Modern Civilization addresses the female body|url=http://www.alartemag.be/en/en-art/icons-of-modern-civilization-addresses-the-female-body/|publisher=www.alartemag.be|accessdate=23 June 2016}}