Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani

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Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is the sister of Qatar's ruling Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and daughter of the country's former Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his second wife Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned. Al-Mayassa was listed as the most influential person in art on Art+Auction's top-10 list and ArtReview's Power 100, and appears on the Time 100, and Forbes' The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She was listed in the 'Top 100 most powerful Arabs' from 2014 to 2017 and 2021 by Gulf Business. Al-Mayassa serves as Chairperson of Qatar Museums, and it was reported by Bloomberg that her annual acquisition budget on behalf of the organization is estimated at $1 billion. Al-Mayassa reportedly bought Paul Gauguin's When Will You Marry? in 2015 for $300 million, a record price for a painting. In March 2016, she opened the exhibition What About the Art? A New Exhibition curated by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang at Al Riwaq Gallery. Read more

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