卡塔尔酋长1.794亿美元拍下毕加索世界名画
Billionaire Qatari sheikh 'identified' as secret buyer of world record Picasso
A billionaire Qatari sheikh dubbed "the man who bought London" was reportedly the anonymous bidder who snapped up a Pablo Picasso masterpiece that smashed the world auction sale record.
一个被冠以"能买下伦敦的人"称号的亿万富翁卡塔尔酋长是拍下巴勃罗·毕加索名画的神秘买主,这次交易创下了世界拍卖行的新记录.
There has been intense speculation about the identity of the buyer who placed the winning $179.4 million (￡116 million) telephone bid for Les Femmes d'Alger at Christie's in Manhattan earlier this month.
对于这位通过电话竞标,于本月初在曼哈顿克利斯蒂拍卖行以1.794亿美元（合计1.16亿欧元）拍下《阿尔及利亚女人》的买主,外界一直在猜测其身份.
Art world sources have now told the New York Postthat the painting was acquired by Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the former Qatari prime minister.
"艺术世界来源"告诉《纽约邮报》：该油画被贾西姆·阿勒萨尼收入囊中.他是卡塔尔前外交部长.
Qatar's ruling Al Thani clan has been pursuing an international artwork buying spree as it aims to turn the small energy-rich emirate into a global cultural power ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
统治卡塔尔的阿勒萨尼家族近来狂热收购世界艺术名作,打算在2022年世界杯前夕将这个能源富足的小酋长国打造成国际文化强国.
But Les Femmes d'Alger may never be displayed publicly in Qatar to avoid offending Islamic sensibilities because it depicts women's breasts, even though they were painted in the artist's highly stylised cubist form.
但是,为避免伊斯兰敏感话题,《阿尔及利亚女人》在卡塔尔可能永远不会被公开展示.因为油画中有女人的胸部,尽管艺术形式是高度抽象的立体画.
It could instead remain at one of the sheikh's multi-million pound homes in London or New York, the newspaper reported.
据报道,该幅名画可能就保存在这位酋长位于伦敦或纽约的百万豪宅中.
The Anglophile royal earned the nickname of the "man who bought London" after going on a buying spree in the city with his personal fortune and as head of the Qatar Investment Authority.
作为卡塔尔投资局局长,在伦敦用其私人财产疯购名作后,这位亲英派的酋长皇族成员获得了"能买下伦敦的人"的昵称.
The state agency invested in Harrod's, the London Shard, Sainsbury's, Barclays and the Stock Exchange, while the Anglophile royal bought three apartments in the One Hyde Park development.
