Lead  DOHA. The small but energy-rich Gulf state of Qatar is the world’s biggest buyer in the art market—by value, at any rate—and is behind most of the major modern and contemporary art deals over the past six years, The Art Newspaper can reveal. Working through a number of advisors, as well as buying directly from dealers and at auction, Qatar is reliably believed to be building up a top-class collection of modern and contemporary art. Last month, Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani—the 27-year-old daughter of the Emir of Qatar and a driving force behind the country’s art buying—announced that Christie’s chairman, Edward Dolman, will become executive director of her office. Dolman will also join the board of trustees of the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA), which oversees museums and cultural initiatives in the country and which the Sheikha chairs... READ MORE all articles 
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 RICHMOND. Karl Fabergé (1846-1920), the jeweller best known for his Imperial Easter eggs, fashioned exquisitely-crafted objects from precious metals and gemstones, primarily for the court of Russia’s last two tsars and European nobility. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), with a collection of 323 objects, including 18 acquired during the past decade, has the largest public collection of Fabergé in the US... all exhibitions jobs The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is Australia’s oldest and pre-eminent public art gallery and possesses what is generally acknowledged as the most outstanding collection of fine art in the region and one that ranks with major collections throughout the world. all jobs | 
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