Tag: Qatar
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First Art Basel Qatar Closed with Institutional Acquisitions, Mid-Market Strength, and Measured Sales Momentum
Art Basel Qatar closed its inaugural edition this week with numbers that suggest Doha has quickly established itself as a serious market platform. Getting there required patience. Selling in Doha was always going to unfold differently. The Qatari royal family was given a private walkthrough on Monday, the day before VIP preview began. Sorces toldARTnewsthat read more
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Qatar Reveals Details of New Quadrennial, Epstein and SFMOMA Ties Revealed, and More: Morning Links for February 6, 2026
Happy Friday! Qatar has unveiled ambitious details for its inaugural quadrennial contemporary art exhibition set to coincide with neighboring Frieze Abu Dhabi in November. Fallout from the Epstein saga continues with new revelations of ties to SFMOMA. A small Michelangelo sketch of a foot just sold for a record $27.2 million. The Headlines QATAR’S NEXT read more
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The Best Booths at Art Basel Qatar from the Quietly Sensual to the Colorfully Quirky
Art Basel Qatar’s first edition doesn’t unfold in a convention center or a sealed-off fairground. Instead, it is embedded directly into the newly built Msheireb Downtown Doha. The fair spans two venues—the M7 building and the Doha Design District—set roughly two blocks apart, close enough that walking between the two doesn’t feel like a chore. read more
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Art Basel Qatar Opens with Slow Sales and Plenty of Promise
Art Basel’s first edition in Doha opened this week with a noticeably different rhythm from the fair’s established outposts in Basel, Paris, Hong Kong, or Miami Beach. The Qatari fair’s format focused on fewer galleries, solo presentations, and a layout that encourages visitors to move slowly. The change was significant and widely praised on the read more
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Art Basel Qatar Marks an Important Moment for Arts and Culture in Doha
This is a special edition of Breakfast with ARTnews, to coincide with Art Basel Qatar. To receivethe newsletterin your inbox every weekday,signup here. Here inDoha, it is nearly impossible not to know thatArt Baselis in town. Red banners announcing the fair line the streets of the Msheireb district, where it will open on Tuesday across read more
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What Shows to See in Doha During Art Basel Qatar
Art Basel’s first edition in Doha arrives with expectations: new collectors, cautious galleries hoping to land institutional interest, and a city briefly reorganized around a fair schedule. What distinguishes the week is not just the fair, but how clearly Doha’s museums are using the moment to make a case for depth. Rather than flooding the read more
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Qatar Museums, Not a Foreign Nation, Reportedly Tried to Acquire South African Pavilion Work
Yet more details have emerged surrounding the abrupt cancelation of Gabrielle Goliath‘s planned Venice Biennale pavilion for South Africa, with the Daily Maverick publishing a report about the allegations that a foreign nation tried to interfere in her exhibition. Gayton McKenzie, the South African culture minister, controversially said in a statement that he canceled Goliath’s read more
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