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Asia’s most important international art fair, Art Dubai held in March reported a successful second year in terms of both sales and attendance.
Sixty-eight galleries from thirty countries, exhibited works by more than 540 artists. With a record number of 12,000 visitors from every continent, the fair attracted more regional and international interest than anticipated. Some forty new galleries have already registered their interest in applying for 2009’s event. “Art Dubai is now firmly established in the global cultural calendar and we will build on this success to encompass a wider and more diverse audience for successive events,” said His Excellency Dr Omar Bin Sulaiman, Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and member of the board and Managing Director for the Culture and Arts Authority in Dubai. Proceeds from a charity auction raised approximately $300,000 on behalf of the Al Madad Foundation for START, a project to fund children’s art workshops in deprived communities. Following on from the Global Art Forum: 1 in 2007, fifty curators, collectors, and artists took part in Global Art Forum: 2, with speakers ranging from Glenn Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Rem Koolhaas, Architect, Rotterdam; and curator and artistic director of the Sharjah Biennial, Jack...
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