“Enthusiasts get the chance not only to observe but on some occasions an opportunity to inter-react with this which, for them, is surely very special and for us, well, frankly we can do with the money to be able to continue doing it in the first place.”
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Qatar Is Becoming The Art Market’s 800-Pound Gorilla
Those jaw-dropping priices we’ve seen over the past few years? $70 million for a Rothko and $250 million for a Cézanne? “It has become increasingly clear that those masterpieces and many more have been purchased by Qatar, a tiny Persian Gulf country with enormous wealth and cultural ambitions to match: it is buying art at a level never seen before.”