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Sheikha Mayassa Tops Art Power List for $1 Billion Spend
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Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, sister of Qatar’s Emir and chairwoman of the Qatar Museums Authority, tops ArtReview’s 2013 ranking of the art world’s 100 most influential figures, the Power 100, published today.
Sheikha Mayassa’s notoriety soared last year when Vanity Fair magazine reported that Qatar had paid $250 million for one of Cezanne’s “The Card Players.” Having joined the list at no. 90 in 2011, she climbed to 11th position in 2012.