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Breaking Into the Middle East, Art Basel Will Open a Fair in Doha

  • Art Basel will inaugurate its first Middle East art fair in February 2026, hosted in Doha’s Msheireb district at the M7 creative hub and Doha Design District.
  • This event builds on Qatar’s major cultural investments associated with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with the goal of strengthening art collections within the Gulf region despite ongoing human rights criticisms.
  • The fair will showcase approximately 50 selected galleries representing regions such as the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, among others, embodying Art Basel’s commitment to fostering artists and cultivating emerging collectors worldwide.
  • Noah Horowitz, CEO of Art Basel, highlighted Qatar's extensive art collections, longstanding tradition of establishing significant cultural organizations, and its distinctive role in nurturing and supporting artistic talent as key factors contributing to the fair's potential success.
  • The launch signals Qatar’s intensified cultural role and advances its National Vision 2030 by establishing Art Basel Qatar as a lasting global art platform linked to the region’s creative growth.
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The Qatari capital, Doha, is preparing to organize the first edition of Art Basel, Qatar, next February, in a step aimed at consolidating the State of Qatar as a world art destination.

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A worldwide launch by Art Basel of its first exhibition in Qatar in 2026 as a step reflecting Qatar ' s ambition to consolidate its position as a global cultural centre, the Art Basel Foundation, in collaboration with its MCHGrup MCH Group, revealed the launch of a new version of its international exhibitions in the Qatari capital, Art Basel Qatar, scheduled to open in February 2026. As this initiative stems from a strategic partnership wit…

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The world of contemporary art is about to experience a historic turning point. By 2026, Doha will host for the very first time an edition of Art Basel, marking the anchoring of the prestigious exhibition in the cultural heart of the Middle East. An announcement that confirms the rise of Qatar as a major crossroads of world artistic creation. This article Art Basel Qatar: Doha will host its first edition in 2026 est apparu en premier sur Luxe.net…

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Folha de S.Paulo broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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