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Christie’s Brings Its First Fine Art Auction to Abu Dhabi — and Wants to Stay

30. October 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie

Bright comic of a smiling auctioneer and Gulf collectors raising paddles in an Abu Dhabi saleroom at sunset

On 1 November the auction house stages “Mawasim”, 70 works of modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art, and its CEO says the city can become a second market centre.

Categories Art Market Tags Abu Dhabi, art auction, Bonnie Brennan, Christie’s, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Mawasim, Middle Eastern art, Samia Halaby

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