Saudi artists find common threads with Utah

Desert, salt and religion are themes in “Cities of Conviction” exhibit, opening at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.

By Sean P. Means

| Aug. 24, 2017, 11:42 p.m.

| Updated: Aug. 25, 2017, 3:39 a.m.

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