The Royal family of the tiny, oil-rich nation of Qatar has purchased Cezanne's The Card Players for a record $250 million, more than doubling the current auction record for a work of art. The Emir of Qatar's daughter, Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamid bin Khalifa Al-Thani, is the mastermind behind the global art buying spree by the nation crowned the single biggest contemporary art buyer in the world. Read more...
Image: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, one of the museums working under the umbrella of the Qatar Museums Authority, headed by Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamid bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
