A long-standing project to create a towering sculpture in the Abu Dhabi desert taller than St Paul’s Cathedral in London is gaining fresh momentum 36 years after its conception.

The New York-based conceptual artist known as Christo wants to construct the world’s biggest permanent art installation a 150-meter-high flat-topped pyramid made of 410,000 multicolored oil drums.

The planned setting for the work called The Mastaba is what he describes as the spectacularly beautiful landscape of Al Gharbia around 160 kilometers from the city of Abu Dhabi.

The site near an oasis has some of the world’s highest dunes and is home to wild gazelles.

The sculptures are separated into three collections based on their inspiration. The collections are with him and fantasy history and nature as well as fossil treasures. Here is an overview of the sculptures that can be found in each collection.

Galleta Meadows Estate is privately owned but visitors are welcome to tour the sculptures. They are located along the roadside and are accessible in any vehicle. We even saw some people visiting on bicycles. The outdoor exhibit is open 24/7.

RIYADH Feb. 11 Xinhua Under the theme of Sarab mirage in English. The event runs from Feb. 11 to March 30 and aims to explore ideas of mirage and oasis. Where participating artists are invited to address dreams camouflage, fiction appearance or disappearance extraction, illusion and myth and examine the dichotomy between the natural and manmade worlds.

Neville Wakefield co-artistic director of Desert X AlUla said the landscape and history of AlUla. Which has always been at the crossroads of trade and cultures have and will continue to draw people from across the globe.

Nora Aldabal arts and creative planning director at Royal Commission for AlUla said the Saudi exhibition allows people to integrate art, nature, and history hailing AlUla as a destination built and inspired by artists.

With initiatives like Desert X AlUla, we are crafting the next chapter in AlUla's history as a cradle of artistic inspiration transfer and expression she noted.

Building on the legacy of Desert X, produced by a non-profit charity in California Desert X AlUla draws on principles of land art, offering a profound opportunity to experience art on a monumental scale in dialogue with nature.