The Gallery

Sidi Bou Saïd, since 2011

Galerie Saladin was founded in 2011 in Sidi Bou Saïd. The gallery brings together artists, works and audiences from Tunisia and beyond.

Its programme connects established artistic heritage with contemporary creation: the painters who shaped modern art in Tunisia are shown alongside artists working today, from Tunisia and from elsewhere.

Rooted in Tunisia, the gallery takes part in a wider artistic conversation, through exhibitions, partnerships with cultural institutions, and the people who come to look, to talk and to collect.

Paintings hung in a white gallery room (placeholder installation view)

Peinture
du monde

The phrase the gallery uses for itself. Painting from here, painting from the world, and the conversation between them.

Timeline

2011
Founding in Sidi Bou Saïd
Ridha Souabni founds Galerie Saladin in the village of Sidi Bou Saïd.
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Espace de Liberté
An early way the gallery described itself. [Date and context to be confirmed by Galerie Saladin.]
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[Milestone to be provided]
[Key exhibitions, publications and collaborations to be provided by Galerie Saladin.]
2026
Babie Lato
An exhibition of Polish artists and artists of Polish origin inspired by Tunisia, with the Embassy of Poland and Dom Polski.

[Portrait of Ridha Souabni to be provided]

Founder and Director

Ridha Souabni

Ridha Souabni founded Galerie Saladin in 2011 and directs it today. He shapes the gallery’s programme and its relationships with artists and collectors, and its exchanges with partners in Tunisia and abroad.

[Founder’s statement on the gallery’s vision to be provided by Galerie Saladin.]