Art Dhabi art fair 2010. Image via Flickr

By Mackie Healy, Art Market Views Contributor

The second annual Abu Dhabi Art fair closed on Nov. 7. The four-day event was held at the glitzy marble-clad Emirates Palace hotel, and hosted by one of the world’s most important new art acquirers:  General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. The boutique fair featured 50 international exhibitors.

Fair organizers announced the following sales (all male artists–boo!) to unnamed collectors and institutions:

No or bad signal by Abdulnasser Gharem – Traffic Gallery
Parsec by Timo Nasseri – Galerie Sfeir-Semler
Untitled by Anish Kapoor – Kamel Mennour
Sadness by Damien Hirst – Whitecube
Primo Levi by Richard Serra – Gagosian Gallery
Untitled landscape by Zeng Fanzhi – Hanart TZ Gallery
Untitled (Huali wood) by Ai Weiwei – Gallery Hyundai
Michael Jackson by Yan Pei Ming – David Zwirner
Untitled (Tiger head) by Robert Longo -  Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Dialogue with the blue by Dia Al Azzawi – Meem Gallery

The fair also featured a series of panels with Jeff Koons, dealers Jay Jopling and David Zwirner, as well as reps from MoCA Los Angeles, Louvre Abu Dhabi and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.

On display at Manarat Al Saadiyat, a 15,4000 sq. foot exhibition hall, is the show RSTW, plucked from from Larry Gagosian’s private collection (yes, another all-male roster)  The line-up includes Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Cy Twomby, Andy Warhol and Christopher Wool and will be on view until Jan. 24.