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Explainer: Making Sense of Art Basel’s New Qatar Fair

The world’s largest organiser of art fairs will launch its fifth annual event in Doha in February 2026. What does it mean for Art Basel, Qatar and the evolution of an art market desperate for growth opportunities after more than two years of shrinking sales?
Art Basel, the world’s largest organiser of art fairs, will launch its fifth annual event in Doha in February 2026.
Art Basel, the world’s largest organiser of art fairs, will launch its fifth annual event in Doha in February 2026. (Getty Images)

Art Basel, the world’s largest organiser of art fairs, is bound for the enormously wealthy Gulf region with a

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