In the blink of an eye

Sparkling glint of Noor Riyadh 2025 in Venice
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
19 Oct – 23 Nov 2025

Noor Riyadh and the Fondazione Querini Stampalia present a capsule exhibition during the Venice Architecture Biennale, offering an international preview of the upcoming Noor Riyadh Festival 2025, the world’s largest light art festival.

The exhibition is curated under the theme “In the Blink of an Eye” and reflects the pace of change in Riyadh as well as the growing role of cultural development in the city’s transformation. The capsule exhibition is curated by Li Zhenhua and Sara Almutlaq, with the support of this year’s festival Curatorial Advisory Lead, Mami Kataoka.

The exhibition is installed in the spaces designed by Carlo Scarpa at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia. Scarpa’s architectural intervention, which accommodates Venice’s periodic flooding, provides a distinct context for the presentation. In parallel, Noor Riyadh 2025 emphasizes the city’s current transformation and its ambition to serve as a global platform for artistic and cultural exchange.