TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amirsadeghi, Hossein
AU  - Diba, Layla
AU  - Downey, Anthony
AU  - Eisler, Maryam Homayoun
AU  - Obrist, Hans Ulrich
TI  - Art & Patronage: The Middle East- Art in Transit 
SN  - 9780500977040; 9780954508371
PY  - 2010///
PB  - Transglobe Publishing with Thames & Hudson; 
KW  - N5198-5299 Visual Arts- Private collections and collectors
N2  - This book is the first attempt to capture the new wave of art patronage in the near and Middle East. Profiling fifty leading collectors and patrons in the the Middle East, Turkey, Iran and North Africa, it goes behind closed doors to take a peek at their collections, and explore the motivation and passion behind their inspiring visions. A fantastically diverse range of collections are covered, stretching from contemporary and modern art to Orientalist painting, traditional Islamic miniatures to pottery and earthenware, regional maps and manuscripts to religious icons. Essays by Layla Diba, Anthony Downey, Hans Ulrich Obrist.
ER  -