My Art, Collecting Life with Mohammed Afkhami

May 08 2024 Wednesday
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Diriyah Riyadh - Auditorium get directions
Age Group Adults
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Join us as Mohammed Afkhami shares his remarkable collecting journey first-hand. Afkhami will share the origins of his passion and the pivotal moments that shaped his collecting practice. From its inception to its evolution, we will explore the steps taken to build his prominent collection and the initiatives he undertook to actively make his collection accessible to a wide and diverse audience.

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Mohammed Afkhami

Join us as Mohammed Afkhami shares his remarkable collecting journey first-hand. Afkhami will share the origins of his passion and the pivotal moments that shaped his collecting practice. From its inception to its evolution, we will explore the steps taken to build his prominent collection and the initiatives he undertook to actively make his collection accessible to a wide and diverse audience.

Mai Eldib

Since joining Sotheby’s in 2008, Mai Eldib has made a significant mark in the art world. Initially working with Jewellery and 19th Century Paintings in New York, she specialized in Orientalist art before relocating to Cairo in 2010. As SVP and regional head of sales and advisory for the Middle East, Mai has extensively promoted Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art. She has been pivotal in achieving record-breaking sales for Egyptian Modernists and recently set new records for Saudi artists like Abduljabar Alyehia and Mohammed Al Saleem.

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