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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.


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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


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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."


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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


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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 Al Sulaiman invested about $28 million of a $40 million divorce settlement after the break-up of her marriage to Walid Al Juffali, an executive with Saudi Cement Co and member of one of Saudi Arabia's richest families, in 2003, according to the High Court in London.


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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.


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Walid Ahmed Juffali (30 April 1955 - 20 July 2016) (Arabic: وليد أحمد الجفالي) or Al-Walid bin Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al Juffali (Arabic الوليد بن أحمد بن عبدالله الجفالي) was the chairman of E. A. Juffali and Brothers, the largest privately owned enterprise in Saudi Arabia, assuming office after the death of his father Ahmed bin Abdullah Al.


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

The gallerist and collector reveal their growing private gallery


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

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

The mission behind the Basma Al Sulaiman's collection is manifold. As an International Contemporary Art collection with a strong focus on Saudi artists it aims at establishing intellectual and artistic links between Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world.


Basma AlSuleiman Saudi Woman Who Makes Her Mark on International Art

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.


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

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."


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

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.


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

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.


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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.