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The wealth accrued from the Gulf states’ hydrocarbon industries has been used strategically by ruling families to promote all the hallmarks of the modern state, with specific attention to the art and cultural sector. However, the rise and fall of oil prices is mirrored in the rise and fall of investments in the culture sector of the Gulf states—the availability of the former directly affecting the latter. This chapter examines how the development of the Gulf’s hydrocarbon resources is expressed through its art and cultural endeavors—oil for art’s sake, so to speak. Keywords: GCC; hydrocarbon resources; oil; art; culture. |
