A little under two years after announcing plans to open its first North American satellite location within a historic red-brick building in Jersey City, New Jersey, renovated and redesigned by OMA partner Jason Long, Centre Pompidou in Paris has now revealed that it will expand its ever-growing presence into the Middle East and South Korea. 

Plans for the inaugural Middle East outpost of Centre Pompidou, set to rise in the ancient Saudi Arabian city of AlUla in the country’s northwestern Medina province, were first revealed earlier this month by the famed French modern and contemporary art museum. The news followed the March 12 signing of a finalized agreement between museum leadership and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), a cultural entity operating under the auspices of the Saudi government and led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.