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Meet five important Middle Eastern collectors who have been quietly driving the burgeoning art scene in the Gulf.

Emirati artist Afra Al Daheri, whose work is part of The Farjam Foundation’s latest exhibit that runs until today, is often inspired by her upbringing here in the UAE. It sometimes also features in her artworks. Take, for instance, the piece ‘Absent Yet Present’, which is showing at the ‘Concepts and The Divine Abstract’ exhibition in DIFC during Art Week. It is part door from her childhood, part abstract concept. She says: “It was one of the pieces that took the longest in my studi...

Why Middle Eastern modern art was set to take centre stage at the British Museum Important works from North Africa and the Middle East were scheduled to go on display to showcase the full range of the regions talent The Accident. Ink on paper, 2013. Funded by Maryam and Edward Eisler Credit: Nicky Nodjoumi The British Museum was due to open an exhibition next week celebrating its collection of modern and contemporary art from the Middle East and North Africa: some 700 examples by more than 300 ...