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Basma Al Sulaiman, founder of BASMOCA. Having dabbled in the Saudi art scene for the better part of eight years, this is an early example of the many conversations I've had with international press and numerous other parties interested in the burgeoning Saudi art scene of the last decade. Although my consternation at these questions gradually.


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Basma Al-Suleiman, is the Saudi woman who established a virtual museum in 2011, and called it "Basmooka," which includes artworks by contemporary international artists from all over the world, such as the US, China, Europe and the Arab world. "My hobby from childhood was to collect artworks and collectibles."


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Walid Ahmed Juffali (30 April 1955 - 20 July 2016) (Arabic: ูˆู„ูŠุฏ ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุฌูุงู„ูŠ) or Al-Walid bin Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al Juffali (Arabic ุงู„ูˆู„ูŠุฏ ุจู† ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุนุจุฏุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุฌูุงู„ูŠ) was the chairman of E. A. Juffali and Brothers, the largest privately owned enterprise in Saudi Arabia, assuming office after the death of his father Ahmed bin Abdullah Al.


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Basma made a mark in the art world 10 years ago when she founded Basma AlSulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art (Basmoca), considered the first virtual museum in the world to use cutting-edge gaming.


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Basma Al Sulaiman. Age: 61. Occupation: Philanthropist, art patron, and founder of virtual museum BASMOCA. What's in the Collection: "I started collecting in the 90s; my first acquisition was.


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Who is Basma Al-Sulaiman? Basma Al-Sulaiman was the late Walid Juffali's first wife. She was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and the two got married in 1980. Per the biography page on her website, Basma had a son named Mohammed Al Juffali who passed away in 2012. NO WAY: Who is Farhana Bodi's ex-husband? Dubai Bling star separated from Heroies


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27K Followers, 1,213 Following, 1,991 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Basma Al Sulaiman (Founder) (@basmoca)


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Gallerist Pearl Lam and her friend Basma Al Sulaiman laugh heartily as they sit in Al Sulaiman's impressively appointed, art-filled London home. Lam recalls their first encounter around 2004.


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The mission behind the Basma Al Sulaiman's collection is manifold. As an International Contemporary Art collection with a strong focus on Saudi artists it aims at establishing intellectual and artistic links between Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world.


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In the 1990s, there were only a handful of artists who were working with contemporary art," says revered Saudi art patron Basma Al Sulaiman. Her recent Al Ula exhibition, What Lies Within, paid tribute to those artists she considers Saudi pioneers, who took the lead from the Saudi Modernists of the 1950s.


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Basma Al Sulaiman is the founder of BASMOCA, the Basma Al Sulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art. She was born and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where she is considered a patron of the arts. She holds a BA in English Literature. Basma discovered contemporary art through one of her other passions: travelling.


Pearl Lam and Basma Al Sulaiman on their feisty, artfuelled friendship

Basma Al Sulaiman invested about $28 million of a $40 million divorce settlement after the break-up of her marriage to Walid Al Juffali, an executive with Saudi Cement Co and member of one of Saudi Arabia's richest families, in 2003, according to the High Court in London.


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Saudi Collector Basma Al Sulaiman's London Home Spotlights a Forward-Thinking Art Collection A sliver of her 800-strong collection, that ranges from abstract work and NFTs to immersive sculptures and rare tapestries, the pioneering patron's UK residence holds a mirror to her lifelong passion for the arts By Pratyush Sarup


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Basma AlSulaiman Photo: Mark Luscombe Whyte One of the most relevant collectors and art patrons in the Middle East, Basma AlSulaiman is a founding member of the Saudi Art Council, and the founder of BASMOCA (Basma AlSulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art), the world's very first virtual museum.


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Basma AlSulaiman's collection originally began as a private collection when she and her husband began acquiring works during their travels abroad. Their first modern and contemporary acquisition was a David Hockney in 1994 while they were visiting New York, followed by a Frank Stella and Bridget Ril