DUBAI: Ramzi Dalloul, the Palestinian-born Lebanese businessman, economist and art collector, known for his expansive collection of over 3,000 works by Arab artists from across the Middle East, passed away March 24 in London from cancer-related health complications.
What he leaves behind is a legacy. During his lifetime he amassed one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary Arab art, which continues to occupy an entire building spanning six floors in downtown Beirut. Housed inside are some of the greatest names in Middle Eastern art, including Paul Guiragossian, Ayman Baalbaki, Nabil Nahas, Dia Azzawi, Adam Henein, Abdul Rahman Katanani, Mahmoud Mukhtar, Salwa Raouda Choucair and Alfred Basbous, among many others.