The Dubai Sale: Forthcoming auction of Art from the middle east announced at Ayyam Auctions

DUBAI.- Ayyam Auctions announces its forthcoming Dubai Sale. To be held on October 24 at Ayyam Art Center in Dubai, this highly anticipated event will feature over 60 lots of modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art and is expected to attract collectors from across the region. Offering painting, sculpture, prints and photography as in previous auctions, this upcoming auction will mark the first time that attendees will be able to bid on exceptional conceptual and installation work, notably by such artists as [...]

First Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auction Announced at Artnet Auctions

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Artnet Auctions is proud to announce the first online auction of Contemporary Middle Eastern Art. This seven day sale brings together a unique collection of artworks by both emerging and established artists from the Middle East, including Ahmad Mater, Sadegh Tirafkan, Vahid Sharifian, and Parviz Kalantari. The artworks range from outstanding photographs to sculptures and paintings by sought-after artists from countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. This unique sale is curated by Nazy Nazhand, founder of ART [...]

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 artists from major collections. Organised by Abu Dhabi Art 2010, with works secured by Christie’s, the exhibition will be held in Gallery One at the Emirates Palace until the 8th of January 2011. Comprised of ninety museum quality works spanning from the 1920’s [...]

Art Dubai Appoints Antonia Carver as Its New Fair Director

DUBAI.- The Board of Art Dubai has announced the appointment of Antonia Carver to succeed John Martin as Fair Director of Art Dubai. Antonia Carver is a writer and arts administrator, and has been widely recognized as a leading advocate of contemporary Middle Eastern art. She has been working in the arts for the past sixteen years, and brings to the fair a broad base of experience across both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. Based in Dubai for the past [...]

Christie’s Dubai Auction of Modern and Contemporary Art Realises 3 Times Its Estimate

DUBAI.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business is delighted to announce that its eighth auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art, estimated at $4.8 million, realized $15,122,125 / AED55,528,443, selling 96% by value and 86% by lot. This is an extraordinary result which reflects the quality of the sale and the passion of the collectors that Christie’s has helped to bring to this fascinating market during the past 3 years. It is extremely rare for a sale in any market [...]

Dubai’s Four-Day Contemporary Art Show Upbeat Despite City’s Debt Woes

DUBAI.- Dubai’s annual art fair hit new highs in both sales and volumes despite concerns in the Gulf’s trading and tourism hub over a debt crisis. The four-day contemporary art show drew more than 18,000 visitors, up 28 percent from last year, and featured more varied galleries and artwork. “Everybody’s talking about doom and gloom in Dubai … but we’ve sold almost everything,” said Raman Frey, of New York-based gallery Frey Norris . Dubai World, the government-owned conglomerate behind the [...]

Major Collection of Middle Eastern Photography being Built for National Museums

LONDON.- The Art Fund today announced that it has embarked upon an exciting new venture – the creation of a national collection of recent Middle Eastern photography, to be owned jointly by the V&A and the British Museum. The collection will be known as The Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern photography at the V&A and the British Museum. In total, the charity is allocating £100,000 to enable the two museums to build the Collection, which is to encompass photography [...]

Guggenheim Foundation Announces Appointments for the Abu Dhabi Project

NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, has announced two staff appointments for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project: Suzanne Cotter, Curator of Exhibitions, Abu Dhabi Project, and Reem Fadda, Associate Curator for Middle Eastern Art, Abu Dhabi Project. Ms. Cotter and Ms. Fadda will join members of the Abu Dhabi Project team to develop future exhibition programming for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and to advise on the creation of its art collection focused on international [...]

Los Angeles Art Show Returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The 15th Annual Los Angeles Art Show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center January 20-24, 2010. Presented by the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA) and KR Martindale Show Management this encyclopedic art event will feature more than 100 international exhibitors, an engaging lecture series and special events program, a sculpture garden, and special exhibit spaces. The 2010 Los Angeles Art Show debuts a Guest Country Program and welcomes Uruguay. By invitation-only and launching in 2010, the [...]