Leading patrons and collectors, including Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani and Maya Rasamny, join publisher and editor Hossein Amirsadeghi and executive editor Maryam Homayoun Eisler for a discussion of the complexities of art patronage in the Middle East today. Moderated by Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society Museum.

Followed by a reception for Art & Patronage: The Middle East, a new book edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi and Maryam Homayoun Eisler. The book will be available for purchase at the event and at http://asiastore.org/art-and-patronage-middle-east.html.

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