The sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi for $450m (including fees) at Christie’s New York on 15 November shattered every record for art prices. Since then, speculation about the identity of the buyer has ranged from Chinese billionaires to the Microsoft co-founder and Leonardo Codex collector Bill Gates; from French government officials for Abu […]
Kunsthalle Zurich presents Walid Raad. Miraculous Beginnings
Walid Raad Miraculous Beginnings 26 August–30 October 2011
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Under Construction Agrees To Independent Monitors
NEW YORK, NY.- The leadership of the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation supports the appointment by the Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as an independent monitor, which is an …
More than 130 International Artists and Writers Threaten Boycott of Guggenheim in UAE
DUBAI (AP).- More than 130 international artists and writers vowed Thursday to boycott a branch of the Guggenheim Museum under construction in Abu Dhabi, unless authorities do more to protect the rights of workers on the site. Human Rights Watch releas…
More than 130 International Artists and Writers Threaten Boycott of Guggenheim in UAE
DUBAI (AP).- More than 130 international artists and writers vowed Thursday to boycott a branch of the Guggenheim Museum under construction in Abu Dhabi, unless authorities do more to protect the rights of workers on the site. Human Rights Watch releas…
Sotheby’s Doha Auction ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Realises Above High Estimate, Total of $5.6 Million
DOHA, QATAR Sotheby’s ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Sale, the first-ever international auction entirely devoted to calligraphy, realised the outstanding total of $5,630,125 (QAR 20,500,765), in excess of the pre-sale high estimate of $5….
Sotheby’s Doha Auction ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Realises Above High Estimate, Total of $5.6 Million
DOHA, QATAR Sotheby’s ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Sale, the first-ever international auction entirely devoted to calligraphy, realised the outstanding total of $5,630,125 (QAR 20,500,765), in excess of the pre-sale high estimate of $5….
Sharjah Art Foundation Announces Artists and Participants of the 2011 Sharjah Biennial
SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.- The Sharjah Art Foundation announces 119 artists and participants from 36 countries across the globe to partake in Plot for a Biennial, the 10th edition of the acclaimed Sharjah Biennial, March 16 through May 16, 2011. O…
Curtain Closes on a Successful Abu Dhabi Art 2010
ABU DHABI.- The second edition of Abu Dhabi Art closed on Sunday, November 7, 2010. This year, the platform for regional and international Modern and Contemporary art brought together the art world’s most recognised names right on the crossroads o…
Loans from the Region’s Finest Collections, Brought Together During Abu Dhabi Art 2010
ABU DHABI.- Abu Dhabi Art, the platform for Modern and Contemporary regional and international art, presents Opening the Doors: Collecting Middle Eastern Art, a major new exhibition of works featuring a host of the most significant Middle Eastern artis…