Middle Eastern Promises: Art Dubai Seeks to Replace Art Basel and the Frieze Art Fair

GENTLEMAN'S QUARTERLY
By Darius Sanai

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DUBAI---Are art fairs replacing fashion shows as the must-do events for the idle and not so idle wealthy? I have spent this week on the VIP programme of the Art Dubai fair, being whisked in buses filled with expensive-casual collectors, from Doha in Qatar to Sharjah's Sharjah Art Foundation to Abu Dhabi's emerging spaces. What Dubai does very well what it has always done: the fair acts as a clearing house for visitors to see the very real art attractions of the region. [link]