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During the Arab Spring in 2011, the wider art world championed the region's artists, but support has dried up, as have auction prices.

SHARE This month, the Dubai government launched Al Quoz Creative Zone, a new hub for creative businesses, including those involved in the visual arts, cinema, music and cultural heritage, to be located in the industrial area of Al Quoz. To kickstart the initiative, Dubai Culture conducted the first Al Quoz Accelerators workshop, aimed at bringing together committee members from the creative community in order to discuss development plans for the zone and to outline courses of action for the nex...

$25m “For big fat capitalists, it has been an incredible year,” says Belgian art collector and market watcher Alain Servais. “The S&P [stock market index] has grown by 100 per cent since the dip in March last year. Portfolios have been rising by about 10 per cent and 25 per cent. A lot of people have made a lot of money over the past 12 months.” Belgian collector Alain Servais. Michel Loriaux For the art market, the change is not only that there is more money in the system, it’...