"The HeadlinesVAULTING GULF AMBITIONS. As expands its cultural ambitions with plans for a major museum of international modern and contemporary art and the launch of its ownfair, it is also gearing up to open the Gulf region's largest full-service art storage and logistics facility. As reports, the project is a partnership between QC+, a strategic partner of Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and Art Basel, and Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC). The new complex will offer secure storage, conservation services, and private viewing rooms for collectors and institutions."
"Located near Hamad International Airport within a designated free zone, the facility will allow artworks to be stored and traded without entering Qatar's customs territory, similar to established freeports in Geneva, Luxembourg, and Singapore. QC+'s CEO, Kirstin Mearns, linked the initiative to the maturing regional market, saying, "The Gulf is no longer an emerging market for art-it is a global player." GWC acting group CEO Matthew Kearns called the project "a new benchmark for integrated art infrastructure.""
Qatar is expanding cultural infrastructure with plans for a major international modern and contemporary art museum and its own art fair while developing the Gulf region's largest full-service art storage and logistics facility. The project is a partnership between QC+ (a strategic partner of Qatar Sports Investments and Art Basel) and Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC). The complex will provide secure storage, conservation services, and private viewing rooms, located near Hamad International Airport within a designated free zone to permit artworks to be stored and traded without entering Qatar's customs territory. The initiative responds to a maturing regional market and aims to serve the wider Gulf where no comparable hub exists.
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