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Saudi pioneers among Christie’s ‘MAWASIM’ auction in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI: Twenty years after Christie’s inaugural UAE sale in Dubai, the auction house is bringing its “MAWASIM: 20 Years of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art” exhibition and auction to Abu Dhabi. The sale will take place on Sunday, Nov. 1, and comprises 70 works spanning nine decades by artists from across the Middle East and North Africa. Heavyweights include Saudi artist Abdul Halim Radwi, Palestinian painter Sliman Mansour, and Iraq’s Faisel Laibi Sahi, alongside Egyptian great Inj