Phoenix Ancient Art
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With galleries in New York City and Geneva, Switzerland, Phoenix Ancient Art is a leading dealer in antiquities from various cultures of western civilization. Its works of art have been purchased by arts and antiquities museums worldwide such as New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/ and the Louvre Museum http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en, as well as by private individuals.
Phoenix Ancient Art was founded by the Lebanese Sleiman Aboutaam in 1968. Incorporated since 1995, Phoenix Ancient Art is now a second-generation family business that continues today under the leadership of his sons, Hicham Aboutaam and Ali Aboutaam.
Further reading
- http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/23/magazines/fortune/antiquities_hira.fortune/index.htm, Really Old Money, October 23, 2008.
- "New York Times" article "Do You Know Where That Art Has Been' by Ron Stodghil
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24921553/wid/17621070/page/2/"How the Rich Spend During a Down Economy," quoting Mr. Aboutaam
- Article in Forbes Magazine: "Ancient History for Sale", by Carrie Coolidge. The article also presents a photographic slideshow of antiquites from Phoenix Ancient Art.
- "BusinessWeek" article "Antiquities to grow old with"
- Baghdad Museum, the website of the Iraq National Museum The article reports how Hicham Aboutaam, Interpol, and ICE, successfully recovered the famous stolen statue of Entemena, which is "on the FBI top 10 list of art heists."
- Illicit Antiquities Research Centre News Article about illicit antiquities trade, including references to events to which Phoenix Ancient Art has been associated
- "Financial Times" article "Antiquities Weather the Market" FT article featuring the new era in the antiquities trade, Phoenix Ancient Art and a major Egyptian head of queen]
- "ArtNet" article "New Leaf for Aboutaams"
- "New York Sun" article: "Antiquities Dealers Suddenly Emerge into the Sunlight" Article where Hicham Aboutaam discusses the changing scrutiny in the antiquities business
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