Gulf's art race heats up as Art Basel lands in Doha

Gulf's art race heats up as Art Basel lands in Doha

Global art heads east Doha wins Art Basel Qatar’s cultural coup For months speculation has been swirling as to where Art Basel, the world’s largest organiser of art fairs, would pick as its next new international location for its fairs. After starting in the Swiss border town of Basel of 1970, and then expanding to Miami, Hong Kong and Paris, the oil producing Gulf was seen as an attractive region to tap. Dubai’s name was high up on the list.  T…