US President Donald Trump is back from his Middle East trip; his first major overseas visit after assuming office in his second tenure. The visit resulted in commitments of more than $2 trillion of investment from the oil-rich Gulf Arab states. Yet a question is making the rounds: Would all those commitments materialise, especially in
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. An art investment company that The Mail on Sunday revealed had employed two barred directors – one with
Doha will join Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, and Paris as an Art Basel host city when the fair launches its newest iteration in February 2026. Today’s announcement introduces Art Basel Qatar as an unprecedented partnership between Art Basel’s parent company, MCH Group, Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), and cultural strategists QC+, marking a strategic expansion
Doha will join Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, and Paris as an Art Basel host city when the fair launches its newest iteration in February 2026. Today’s announcement introduces Art Basel Doha as an unprecedented partnership between Art Basel’s parent company, MCH Group, Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), and cultural strategists QC+, marking a strategic expansion
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Art Basel will launch a new art fair in Doha, Qatar next year, a move that cements the Middle East as the next frontier in the global art market. “The Middle East and north Africa
Art Basel has announced that it will open a new art fair in Qatar – ending months of speculation of potential collaborations about the Swiss fair behemoth and different sites in the Middle East. “Since joining Art Basel in this role about two and a half years ago, we have set it as a goal to
Bog’Art Residential, part of the Bog’Art Group, a developer of premium residential properties in Central and Northern Bucharest, acquired a plot of land in an ultra-central area of Bucharest and formed a strategic joint venture with a Spanish investor for the development of a boutique residential complex valued at about EUR 20 million. The project
Weavers participate in a 2024 neighborhood festival at Springboard for the Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Thai Phan-Quang) Exit polls from the 2024 US election showed that three-quarters of voters nationwide felt negatively about the way things were going in the country, and many Americans continue to feel a profound sense of unease
The sale of luxury goods in China slumped in 2024 by an eye-watering 18% to 20%, according to the consultancy Bain & Company, bringing to an end a period of “exponential growth” in the country. The art trade has suffered as well, with the Art Basel/UBS report citing a 31% drop in sales in 2024
Authenticity can make the difference between a multi-million-pound art investment and that same purchase being worthless. In the age of fake news, any system that can guarantee the reliability and consistency of information about an artwork can prove invaluable. A relatively new concept in the world of tech, digital twinning is even newer in the