Auction at Christies, Dubai to support the Prince's School

Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art - Part IIOctober 23 & 24, 2012Sponsored by Zurich

Dubai - Two charities have contributed significant works to be sold for their benefit in Christie's Dubai's Fall sale to be held on October 24, 2012. Six lots have been kindly donated on behalf of Caspian Arts Foundation, a new educational initiative that supports art students from the region to enable them to study abroad, by a group of artists and their galleries. Alongside, a further 7 works donated by the Islamic Arts Museum in Malaysia, the Farjam Collection and HRH Princess Wijdan M. Al-Hashemi of Jordan, will be sold to raise funds for The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, founded in London in 2004 by HRH The Prince of Wales to teach practical skills of the traditional arts and crafts.

Michael Jeha, Managing Director of Christie's Middle East, commented. "We take our responsibilities as market leader seriously and are delighted to be able to provide an international platform to profile these worthy charities and to help them in their efforts to broaden educational opportunities for the next generation of artists and craftsmen and women from the region. Since we first began working in the Middle East in 2005, we have helped to raise more than $20 million for charitable causes and are proud to continue this tradition in our October sales."

Read the press release and see the lots for sale