Over the past few months, a steady drip of devastating news emanated from Abraaj Capital, the once venerated regional financial giant that is now in liquidation. In this article, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discusses how the regional art industry is left poorer by the departure of an institution that collected works and commissioned new ones. Read more »
Arts & Culture
An Emirati collector leaves his art behind
In this feature, Asia TImes speaks to Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, profiled as the daring Gulf Arab commentator that goes West, leaving behind his thought-provoking collection of modern Arab art for the public to contemplate. Read more »
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi: New York ‘breathed life’ into me
In a candid interview, the Emirati art expert talks about his habit of cleaning plane bathrooms and how New York lifted him out of a time when his ‘spirit was broken’. Read more »
Collecting Art for the Public Good
In this feature interview, Shawati speaks to Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi about his passion for Arab arts and culture, and his personal journey as an art collector and curator through the years. Read more »
Understanding Arab Art: A Collector’s Perspective
Watch this short documentary film that explores Arab art, featuring an interview with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, a prominent art collector based in Sharjah, UAE. Read more »
Barjeel wing opening at Sharjah Art Museum
In this news report published on Sharjah Television, viewers get an inside look at Barjeel’s marquee exhibition, A Century in Flux. Read more »