Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi collects modern and contemporary Arab art, with an emphasis on Middle Eastern modernism. He founded the Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah in 2010 to manage and show the collection, which reached about 1,800 works by 2024. The Art Newspaper describes it as one of the largest private collections in its field.
Artists named in the collection
Dia al-Azzawi, Ibrahim el-Salahi, Marwan, Mahmoud Sabri, Hamed Ewais, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Kadhim Hayder, Paul Guiragossian, el Seed
On record
- Selections have been shown at Sharjah Art Museum since May 2018 under an agreement with the Sharjah Museums Authority.
- The foundation mounted 23 exhibitions between 2013 and 2018 in countries including Egypt, the UK and the US.
- Taking Shape, drawn from the collection, toured the US in 2020-2022.
Institutional roles
- Founder, Barjeel Art Foundation
Questions
What does Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi collect?Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi collects modern and contemporary Arab art, with an emphasis on Middle Eastern modernism. He founded the Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah in 2010 to manage and show the collection, which reached about 1,800 works by 2024. The Art Newspaper describes it as one of the largest private collections in its field.
Which artists are in the Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi collection?Cited sources name works by Dia al-Azzawi, Ibrahim el-Salahi, Marwan, Mahmoud Sabri, Hamed Ewais, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Kadhim Hayder, Paul Guiragossian.
Can the public see the collection of Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi?Yes. Works are shown at Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Sources
- Rapidly growing Arab art collection seeks new spaces to show its works, The Art Newspaper, 2024
- Barjeel Art Foundation, Wikipedia
- 2022 Top 200 Art Collectors: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, sultanalqassemi.com, press archive, 2022
Last verified 2026-10-31.
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