Bita Vakili; From Christie's Record to Contemporary Abstraction

For the past few years, Bita Vakili, an Iranian painter with a remarkable track record in Middle Eastern auctions, has been moving her works from purely abstract themes to figurative ones on her well-known abstract platform

Hossein Hashempoor: Abdul Qader Al Rais; A Generous and Record-Breaking Painter

I first became acquainted with Master Abdulqader Al Rais, a renowned Emirati painter, through Christie's auction catalogs from 2007 to 2008 and beyond. At the time, my friends and I were flying from Tehran to Dubai for the Christie's Middle East Auction, which was held twice a year at the Emirates Towers Hotel in April and October to create reports.

Highlights of upcoming Modern and Contemporary Art Dubai online sale at Christie's Dubai