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Manal Ataya, Sharjah Museums Department

Anna Somers Cocks talks to Manal Ataya, Director of the Sharjah Museums Department about the rise in interest in art in the Middle East as well as the restrictions on the type of art which can be displayed in public in the region.

This interview was supplied by Richard Duebel who regularly films art programming for the BBC World Service.

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Thomas Krens, who has been courted around the world, talks about some of the spectacular projects that never saw the light of day. The Art Newspaper ...
John Elderfield, Senior Curator, MOMA NY Part 3

John Elderfield, Sen...

John Elderfield talks about the financial motivations behind the buying and selling of Art in today`s potentially unstable market. The Art Newspaper ...
Dr Julian Zugazagoitia, El Museo Del Barrio, New York. Part 2

Dr Julian Zugazagoit...

Dr Julian Zugazagoitia talks to Anna Somers Cocks founder editor of the Art Newspaper about his role as director of the Museo Del Barrio in Harlem whi...