Art Week 2016: Sotheby’s in Dubai
Sotheby’s hosts a preview of their Middle Eastern Art Sale in Dubai
On March 14 in the DIFC atrium, Sotheby’s hosted a private cocktail party in collaboration with Harper’s Bazaar Art in celebration of its public exhibition showcasing highlights from its upcoming 20th Century/Middle Eastern Art Sale. Among the displayed works was Mahmoud Mokhtar’s Au Bord du Nil (On the Banks of the Nile) (cast in 1921) (Est. Dhs637,795 – Dhs956,690); Monir Farmanfarmaian’s Mirror Ball (circa 1976) (Est. Dhs239,173 – Dhs318,897) and Shakir Hassan Al-Said’s The Woman, The Moon and The Branch (1954) (Est. Dhs345,471 – Dhs451,770). These works will travel on to Sotheby’s in London to be exhibited from April 15-22 as part of the auction house’s expanded Middle Eastern Art Week. – Rebecca Anne Proctor