Bio — Basmoca


Bio — Basmoca

The gallerist and collector reveal their growing private gallery


Interview Basma Al Sulaiman on art for all at BASMOCA

BASMOCA's vision is to create a virtual private museum, representing the reality of Basma Al Sulaiman's private collection, to which everyone around the world has access from anywhere, at any time. Alongside the permanent collection of contemporary artworks that Basma has carefully gathered over th


Basma AlSuleiman Saudi Woman Who Makes Her Mark on International Art

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.


BASMOCA Port Tonic Art Center

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."


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

Interview: Basma Al Sulaiman on art for all at BASMOCA Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 28°C 3.74 km/h 39 % Culture Al-Hush Stadium Interview: Basma Al Sulaiman on art for all at BASMOCA The What Lies Within exhibition is currently on display at the Maraya by Time Out Editors March 7, 2022 Love arts and culture?


Basmah Al Mayman Top 50 Travel Leaders In The Middle East Forbes Lists

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.


HH Sayyida Basma Al Said on Tackling Mental Health Issues with Creativity

The Basma Al Sulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art -- or BASMOCA -- is the first virtual museum to present an actual private collection to a limitless global audience of wired visitors.


Meet the Saudi Women Helping the Kingdom's Art Scene Get the World's

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


Dr Basma AlBuhairan British Council Saudi Arabia

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.


Meet the Saudi Women Helping the Kingdom's Art Scene Get the World's

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.


I Find Solace When I Share My Collection Larry's List Art Collector

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 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


I Find Solace When I Share My Collection Larry's List Art Collector

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.


Basma AlSulaiman Highlights 5 Remarkable Artworks That Celebrate Saudi

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


The Challenger Dr Lama Al Sulaiman on why Saudi Arabia is resisting

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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ABOUT "Some art collections go beyond preserving memories and visual culture, because they reflect a journey that can also shift how the public responds to art. Basma AlSulaiman's passion and belief in Saudi artists has led her to acquire some of the most significant artists in the Kingdom alongside her international collection over the years."