17-03-2015 16:38 via theguardian.com

Art Dubai funds the world's most radical art

It’s not all super-yachts and spending binges: Art Dubai, which begins this week, is opening doors for some of the most marginalised voices in artArt fairs. They are all about money, super-yachts and spotting Jeff Koons, right? Art Dubai, which starts on 18 March, certainly does have a lot to do with cash. The oil states of the Middle East have recently made some of the most expensive art deals in history. In February, Qatar bought Gauguin’s Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) (1892) for
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