Qatar Unveils Plans for Three New Museums as Part of Ambitious Cultural Program
Architects Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meuron have been selected to design the new institutions.
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City as Sculpture Park: In Doha, Public Art Program Reanimates the Tried and True
Pieces by Louise Bourgeois, Adel Abdessamed, Urs Fischer, Richard Serra, and more fill the capital and the area surrounding it, on a scale seen in few other places.
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Morning Links: North Korean Art Edition
Fluxus artist Robin Page has died. [Artforum] A painting stolen from English Kills Art Gallery in Bushwick turned up in Roosevelt Island over the weekend. [Hyperallergic] Gauguin’s Nafea…
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Morning Links: French Edition
Today, Richard Serra will be receiving France’s highest government honor, les Insignes de Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (insignia of Chevalier of the French Legion…
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Wildenstein and Qatar Battle Over Aborted New York Art Palace Sale
Before finalizing a $90-million contract to buy Wildenstein & Company’s palatial New York headquarters last year, Qatari diplomats tried it on for size, hosting a lavish party inside the…
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Sotheby’s Tests Middle East Contemporary Art Market
Sotheby's second sale of modern and contemporary art in Doha is expected to bring four times as much as its first, in 2009. Including 47 works, the sale is expected to fetch up to $16.6 million. The…
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Peggy Loar Resigns as NMQ Director
Loar will return to the United States, but she will continue to work with the museum and the QMA as an advisor. In a press statement, Loar said that her reason for leaving the position was to be bac…
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Edward Dolman Lured to Qatar From Christie’s
Christie's International chairman Edward J. Dolman is leaving the London-based auctioneer to join the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA). After a 27-year rise at Christie's, Dolman has been tapped to serve…
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‘An Oasis in the Desert’
Governments in the United Arab Emirates are spending billions of dollars in an ambitious, unprecedented effort to create cultural districts with world-class museums—along with a support system of…
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