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Artscoops Launches Middle East Contemporary Auction

Online auction house Paddle8 is pleased to present Middle East Contemporary, an auction featuring works by leading artists from the Middle East. The auction includes works by Khaled Takreti, Mouneer Al Shaarani, Raffi Tokatlian, Fadi Yazigi, Joe Kesrouani, and Abdullah Murad among other contemporary artists. Middle East Contemporary is presented in partnership with Artscoops, the Beirut-based online art platform that specializes in Middle Eastern and African art that we talked about last week. Highlights of Middle East Contemporary include: Mouneer Al-Shaarani, My Delicacy Refused All But Passion, Whereas My Resolve, But What Reason Demands, 2013. Gouache on paper. Estimate: $22,000-$28,000; Fadi Yazigi, Untitled,2013. Mixed media on canvas. Estimate: $12,000-$18,000 and  Joe Kesrouani, City Highlights 20, 2011. Photograph. Estimate: $7,000-$9,000.

Complete auction at http://paddle8.com/auctions/middleeastcontemporary.

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