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JEFF KOONS’ DEEP TIES TO QATAR, QATAR’S STRATEGIC ALLIANCE W/ FRENCH GOVERNMENT & THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY IN THE GULF, GREEK SHIPPING INDUSTRY & MORE Qatar is a family business. They have created false bureaucracy to conceal this. Any reference to a Qatari government agency e.g. Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Qatar Museum Authority (QMA) can be translated to "the family dictatorship." They are buying influence in every sector and industry in Europe and now the US. Art
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QATAR has been buying up about $1 billion worth of art annually ($1,000,000,000 / yr) Why would a hardline Wahhabi government splash out billions of dollars to secular western artists? They are up to no good, that I can tell you. 1/
Why would a hardline Wahhabi government splash out billions of dollars to secular western artists? They are up to no good, that I can tell you.
Qatari Riches Are Buying Art World Influence Qatar’s oil boom created the world’s most extravagant art scene—and also led to its demise What Are The Top 10 Al-Thani Family Art Acquisitions? Some of Qatar’s favorite artists Damien Hirst
Qatar recently bought a piece of his art, smashing the record for price paid for a piece by living artist. On 10 September 2002, on the eve of the first anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, Hirst said nasty things about America’s role in 9/11 Louise Bourgeois, Takashi Murakami, Richard Serra, Mark Rothko
Jeff Koons
Qatar, a nation known for funneling oil money to ISIS through clandestine banking channels, has taken a keen interest in Jeff Koons, and not just his artwork either. A frequent guest of the Qatari royal family, Jeff Koons has played a major role in the development of their billion dollar Museum of Modern Art.
Qatar, a nation known for funneling oil money to ISIS through clandestine banking channels, has taken a keen interest in Jeff Koons, and not just his artwork either. A frequent guest of the Qatari royal family, Jeff Koons has played a major role in the development of their billion dollar Museum of Modern Art. In January of 2015, Jeff Koons and Marina Abramovic headlined a high profile invitation only event in Doha, Qatar hosted by Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, chairwoman, Qatar Museums, and Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., chairman and publisher, The New York Times Company. Sotheby’s and QNB are the headline sponsors for the Art for Tomorrow conference. “The hostess of the evening (Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani) sat laughing with the pony-tailed Japanese artist on her right. On her left was Dakis Joannou, a Greek-Cypriot industrialist and avid collector of the work of Jeff Koons, an American sculptor. Larry Gagosian, whom many regard as the most powerful art dealer in the world, was placed at a table nearby, with the other art dealers” KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS THE SISTER OF THE EMIR OF QATAR. THIS IS THE WOMAN IN CHARGE OF QATAR’S $1BILLION / YEAR ART ACQUISITION. THIS WAS A BIG EVENT W/ HUNDREDS PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE WORLD ART SCENE IN ATTENDANCE. DOZENS OF BILLIONAIRES IN ATTENDENCE. He’s With Her: Larry Gagosian to Host Fundraising Auction for Hillary Clinton at 21st Street Gallery JEFF KOONS AND LARRY GAGOSIAN GO BACK A LEAST A DECADE. THIS ARTICLE ABOUT LARRY GAGOSIAN SHOWS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TWO TOGETHER IN 2005. GAGOSIAN IS APPARENTLY ONE OF ONLY TWO DEALERS WHO WORK DIRECTLY WITH KOONS., DESPITE THIS, IN 2008 HE PAID $23.5 MILLION AT SOTHEBY’S FOR JEFF KOON’S “HANGING HEART” Koons acted as curator of an Ed Paschke exhibition
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Koons acted as curator of an Ed Paschke exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, New York, in 2009. In 2010 he curated an exhibition of works from the private collection of Greek billionaire Dakis Joannou at the New Museum in New York City. The exhibition, Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, generated debate concerning cronyism within the art world as Koons is heavily collected by Joannou and had previously designed the exterior of Joannou's yacht Guilty. "I love it here," said Jeff Koons. "This is my sixth time in Doha since 2000." Koons denied that he had a project in Qatar, saying rather that he liked taking his kids for buggy rides in the sand dunes." "Doha: Plastic and ready-made, it’s a city built for Jeff Koons... A frequent guest of the Qatari royal family, the artist is in the desert peninsula’s capital to headline the New York Times Art for Tomorrow conference. For a cool $1,995, attendees from around the globe enjoy a three-day confab, which also features Marina Abramović, Jeffrey Deitch, Marc Spiegler, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, as well as cyborg artists, sheikhs, and corporate philanthropists, all in conversation with Times journalists Roger Cohen, Robin Pogrebin, and Farah Nayeri." His work is widely collected in the US & Europe, where some collectors acquire his work in depth. Eli Broad has 24 pieces, and Dakis Joannou owns 38. Dakis Joannou He is considered to be one of the leading collectors of European and American contemporary art in the world, and is famous for acquisitions such as the Jeff Koons-designed yacht ‘Guilty’. Joannou is active in the hospitality sector, with holdings in the Inter-Continental Hotel in Athens and through Yes! Hotels Joannou is also involved in several other industries including bottling, shipping, aviation, and real estate. Primary areas of business located in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeastern Europe. Jeff Koons Correct the Record
According to FEC filings, Jeff Koons donated
Justin Green
Money laundering to fund ISIS
Adam Cruz
Jeff Koons Correct the Record
According to FEC filings, Jeff Koons donated $50,000 USD to correct the record, a political hit squad founded by David Brock, a close associate of John Podesta and James Alefantis. Jeff Koons has donated more than $50,000 in cash and through his work to support the US presidential candidate ICMEC held its first Board of Directors meeting in May 1998. It was officially launched in April 1999 at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., by Hillary Clinton, then-First Lady of the United States, and Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Koons is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), a global nonprofit organization that combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child abduction. In 2007, Koons, along with his wife Justine, founded the ICMEC Koons Family Institute on International Law and Policy. It is the International Centre's research arm.
Enter PodestaGroup – Owned by you guessed it, Tony the Pedo Podesta and his brother John Spirit Cooking Podesta.
Lobbyists Set to Fight Royalty Bill for Artists Sotheby’s hired the Podesta Group. This same auction house is selling hundreds of millions of dollars in art to Qatar including a "Cezanne" that sold for $250 million Tony Podesta is quite the art trader. This article goes inside his home and explores his collection. It mentions he rotates the pieces often. Go inside power lobbyist, philanthropist and contemporary art collector Tony Podesta’s Kalorama home Some of his favorite artists are mentioned Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol Marina Abramovic imagine that
Oliver Perry
More than that friend..... much more
Xavier Morales
He regularly opens his house to casual pizza parties co-hosted by his friend James Alefantis, the owner of Comet Ping Pong. Over 200 pies emerge from the outdoor pizza oven as guests wander through the house and garden while studying his art collection. Tony Podesta owns entire collections of Damien Hirst pieces. The same Damien Hirst that the Qataris are fascinated with FBI Recently tweeted about stolen art Also Neera Tanden’s husband and Marina Abramovic are both on "Art in Embassies" a project of the state dept. m.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5bpa7c/breaking_from_the_user_who_brought_you_the_laura/
THE AUCTIONHOUSE / QATARI REVOLVING DOORS
EDWARD DOLMAN
CHRISTIE'S INTERNATIONAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE 11 YRS EARLIER ROLES INCLUDE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIE'S EUROPE, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIE'S AMERICAS AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIE'S AMSTERDAM QATAR MUSEUM AUTHORITY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HER EXCELLENCY SHEIKHA AL MAYASSA BINT HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI (SISTER OF QATARI EMIR) ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2012 TO MAY 2014 PHILLIPS AUCTIONEERS LLC CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT PHILLIPS AUCTIONEERS LLC SINCE JULY 2014 GUY BENNETT
Christie’s Expert Turned Dealer Tapped for Top Role at Qatar Museums What is going on here? Money laundering? Human trafficking?
Benjamin Morgan
OIL
PODESTA GROUP, QATAR PETROLEUM and HALUL ISLAND EXPORT TERMINAL
Anthony "Tony" Podesta began lobbying in late 2013 on behalf of a company co-owned by ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum aiming to export liquefied ... Brother of Hillary Clinton's Top Campaign Aide Lobbied for Fracked Gas Export Terminal Co-Owned by Qatar Podesta Group’s lobbying for expedited permitting for LNG export terminals paid dividends. During the same quarter Tony Podesta began lobbying for Golden Pass, President Obama hired John Podesta in December 2013 as his top counselor on climate change and energy issues. On March 26, 2014, a week after John Podesta made his remarks about the environmental movement and fracking, Tony had a meeting with the White House. On April 4 and August 4, the logs show, Tony Podesta met with John Podesta in the White House. wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/41443 QIA is estimated to hold in excess of $170 billion of assets an amount that is expected to significantly increase as the state completes its expansion projects to become the world's largest liquefied natural gas exporter with 77 million tons output capacity. (Thanks, Podesta.) Profiteers of Corruption
wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3774 While this military/para-military operation is moving forward, we need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region. Agree but there may be opportunities as the Iraqi piece improves. Also, any idea whose fighters attacked Islamist positions in Tripoli, Libya? Worth analyzing for future purposes." These are the “clandestine” banking channels. Qatar Investment Authority owns (100%) Qatar Holding LLC, and is associated with Qatar National Bank (50%). QIA is affiliated with Qatar Islamic Bank (16.67%) and with Ubac Curaçao NV (1.35%).**
Jordan Gonzalez
>In January of 2015, Jeff Koons and Marina Abramovic headlined a high profile invitation only event in Doha, Qatar hosted by Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, chairwoman, Qatar Museums, and Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., chairman and publisher, The New York Times Company.
Arab inviting a satanist with a jew... this is getting interesting
Christopher Jenkins
QATAR EYES EU LNG MERCHANT SHIPPING MARKET VIA GREECE Greek Shipping Magnate’s Heirs Sell Cézanne Painting to Qatar for $250 Million nothing to see here move along Maersk concedes it may lose Qatar oil field rights next year Qatar: Al-Shaheen field stake goes to Total. Maersk Oil to leave France's Total wins stake in Qatar's Al-Shaheen oilfield SILENT INVASION; INFILTRATE INDUSTRY
Since becoming an economic power house, Qatar has invested heavily into a diverse portfolio of critical industries, amassing a substantial stake in many companies. Starting with the U.K. and Western Europe, they have had great success investing profitably - and not only economically. By simply reaching into their billfold, Qatar has successfully established intelligence assets within all major European industries. First here are a couple of news articles, then below I will aim to detail some examples of Qatari holdings How London is being sold off to Qatar: Gulf state’s investment arm adds latest acquisition of Claridge’s to portfolio already boasting landmarks from The Shard to Canary Wharf Qatar one of London's biggest landlords as portfolio expands Qataris dominate a quarter of Mayfair property market How much of London is owned by Qatar’s royal family? Special Report - In France, a tax-free property empire Barclays 12.7% stake between $1mil and $5mil to Clinton Foundation Fisker Automotive Volkswagen Group 17% stake Porsche Hochtief Sainsbury’s Credit Suisse gave $120,000 to Podesta Group in 2016 Harrods Group Filmyard Holdings, which purchased Miramax from Disney. enter Weinstein and an entire troupe of Hollywood dingbats Technically Miramax is owned by Al Jazeera, but AL JAZEERA is owned by Qatar.
Lincoln Ortiz
The French government has made of Qatar a strategic partner. Partnership includes:
Mass Media Lagardère (12%) Vivendi Aerospace EADS (6%) Energy Total (4%) French / Qatar state operated doing business in shadows Areva gave money to the Clinton Foundation Construction Technip Vinci SA (5%) Healthcare, Chemicals Air Liquide Electric Utilities GDF Suez Environmental Services ie water treatment, waste management, HVAC, street lighting, facility management Veolia (5%) gave money to the Clinton Foundation Telecommunications France Telecom February 2009, France accorded special beyond-OCDE investment privileges to Qatar and its State-Owned Enterprises; one example is capital gains exemptions in France. Metals & Mining #Xstrata / Glencore Hello Marc Rich, co-founder of Clinton, Inc. vault.fbi.gov/william-j.-clinton-foundation I dare you to dive into that rabbit hole.
MOST OF THESE EXAMPLES ARE EUROPEAN. NOTICE HOW EUROPE HAS DRAMATICALLY SHIFTED IN THE PAST 20 YEARS They are coming.
Mayor Vincent C. Gray (District of Columbia) announced in early 2013 that he will travel to Qatar to promote the flow of global capital to the district. Qatari Diar is said to back CityCenterDC with around US$700 million. More to come on this OTHER INTERESTING PEOPLE MARIE-JOSEE KRAVIS QMA board member and a prominent economist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josée_Kravis She serves on the international advisory board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and on the boards of Publicis S.A. and LVMH. Since 1989 she has attended virtually all conferences of the Bilderberg Group (except the one in 1997) and serves on its steering committee. media.gettyimages.com/photos/honoree-gabriel-orozco-tim-disney-and-jose-kuri-attend-the-2015-gala-picture-id466369604?s=594x594
Interesting Lobbying Clients of Podestas 2016 MERMEC S.p.A is an Italian company focused on rail inspection and diagnostics (both systems and vehicles), railway signalling, asset management software, diagnostic and professional services for the railway industry. Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. (IBBL) (Bengali: ইসলামী ব্যাংক বাংলাদেশ লিমিটেড) is the pioneer of Islamic banking in Bangladesh. Dorchester Collection is a luxury hoteloperator owned by the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) Industrial Steel Drum Institute South Carolina Port Authority chaired by a man named Robert Huffman. He has an extensive background in computing. I can't find any related info. :) $200,000 in 2015 to PODESTA $150,000 in 2016 to PODESTA West African Real Estate Holdings Ltd $160,000 in 2015 to PODESTA $290,000 in 2016 to PODESTA "specializes in urban development."The Company serves customers in the United States. Located at: 50 Cedar Avenue Crawford Houseë Hamilton, HM11 Bermuda Crawford Group what do these people do? $580,000 in 2015 to PODESTA $450,000 in 2016 to PODESTA Vertex Railcar VERTEX RESPONDS AFTER 55 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CALL FOR INVESTIGATION China US EXCHANGE PROGRAM DIAEGO LLC $200k to PODESTA 2015 FRANZ HUMER INTERESTING DONATIONS TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION Qatar 2022 250-500 to CF Qatar Foundation International Skoll Foundation Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC Christie's Diageo PLC 50-100 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Sony Electronics, Inc. Veolia Environnement Anthony T. Podesta AREVA Beirut Container Terminal Consortium SAL
Bentley Peterson
Here is another rabbit hole if you are interested in the Hollywood connection to Qatar. The ties are expansive to say the least.
Referring to artists’ willingness to overlook Qatar’s human rights abuses, an author penned this justification: “At first blush, art here is but a commodity, highbrow kitsch, a balloon dog for the royals’ never-ending birthday party. But as easy as it is to be skeptical and cynical about these top-down efforts, the royal family has put an emphasis on education initiatives. Likewise, the attempt to create a museumgoing culture is praiseworthy.” RAND Corp “RAND’s work has helped the leadership of Qatar make numerous, major changes in the way that it plans, organizes and delivers social services. We hope that through our current and future projects in Qatar we can continue to have a positive impact.” Lynton, who has led Sony Pictures Entertainment since 2004, also has served as president of Time Warner International, president of AOL International and CEO of AOL Europe. Previously, he was chairman and CEO of the publishing company Penguin Group and president of Hollywood Pictures, a division of the Walt Disney company. These days he also sits on the board of the RAND corporation and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Michael Rich, President and CEO of RAND Corporation. “RAND’s work has helped the leadership of Qatar make numerous, major changes in the way that it plans, organises and delivers social services.
Samuel Barnes
Qatar's influence and wealth has been multiplied by the actions taken and policies instituted by corrupt western politicians. In my opinion Qatar is Saudi Arabia on steroids. The time in which Qatar has ascended is incredible. Politicians want money. Foreign countries can benefit greatly from federal policies in the US and other nations. Foreign nations aren't just allowed to hand them money, and also, they aren't just going to hand over money for no reason. Put simply, what we need is: 1. Policy action taken to that benefits a specific company, conglomerate, industry, or nation. All of the above in this case. For example: strangling of US energy industry (all of these gas price crises have been manufactured by politicians in order to send production overseas and profits through the roof.) 2. Reason (other than pay to play, corruption, etc). A way to explain the policy. These are mainstream media talking points. For example: The coming ice age of the 70s, global warming, climate change (or in the case of the Clinton Cartel and QATAR: children, aids, global health; basically every single Clinton Initiative of the Clinton Cartel is a way to siphon off money from legit or pseudo legit world problems) 3. Money transfer back to Clinton & Co. Once again, in most cases, these nations cannot just write a check without breaking laws. They find ways to transfer this money (laundering) through legitimate means. A $100million painting is a great way to do this. This is why we are seeing art sale records being broken all the time. 4. Profit
Alexander Parker
cheers op, thats quite the research
Austin Sanchez
TLDR;
Clinton, Podesta and the rest of their crew are involved in shady activities. Pay to play is just the tip of the iceberg.
The Clinton Foundation started numerous Initiatives claiming to combat legitimate or pseudo legitimate problems. (AIDS Crisis, World Hunger, Global Warming, helping undeveloped countries etc).
Sounds great. Problem is, the Clintons are liars. Turns out they're thieves too. They've been siphoning money off of these since Day 1. Thats really not all that bad for the Clintons. If they stopped there, I wouldn't be so upset at the Clinton Charity Case.
Clinton Cartel is a more accurate description. The Clintons have used their "charity" as a means to set up the most vast, complex network of power brokers ever to exist. Welcome to the Jungle. You want it? They're the people that can find it. Their operations spans from West Africa, north to the shore of the Mediterranean. From Greece to the Middle East (Qatar is the heavyweight in the shadows). Switzerland, Netherlands and beyond. From Central America to Canada and everywhere in between. Coast to coast and cross the pacific from SE Asia to Kazakhstan. The Clintons are Cancer.
Motivated by money and especially power, they are the middlemen between greed and government. The gears of corruption. The list of conspirators is a mile long. From Robert Huffman of the South Carolina Port Authority to West African Holding Companies shrouded in the corporate cloaks they publicly rail against. From the shanties of Tunisia to the shores of Tripoli from Benghazi to Aleppo.They sell policy and weapons to the highest bidder and all of his competitors too.Rogue nations and rebel groups are their Modus operandi They traffic in dope and innocent life. They are the benefactors of our demise. Explaining away bad policy by pointing to world problems, laughing all the way to the bank.
Isaiah Hill
The Clintons are the profiteers of conflict. Without pause, they have started wars (Libya most recently), aware of the consequences (the flood gates of Africa opening into Europe), in order to profit from 1. Bribery from political benefactors, 2. Profit from the plundering of Natural resources associated with the geography 3. The sale of the innocent who are the collateral of these manufactured conflicts. 4 Routes used to traffic goods and of course 5. Ever expanding the web of corruption oh and did I mention weapons? Lots of weapons. Record weapons deal(s) during Clintons sec of state tenure... to you could probably guess who....!
Carter Collins
By the way can anyone find out if the Robert Huffman, CEO of South Carolina Port Authority, client of Podesta, is related to Steve Huffman aka u/spez
Ryan Robinson
If I get Vince Fostered or Seth Rich, do me a favor guys..... Let out one last REEEEEEE!!!! for me
Isaac Hughes
Feel free to copy and paste this all over. Get the word out. Dig more. Dig until you find that plug and drain the swamp
God speed
Jason Myers
SUPERB INFO OP
COPY AND PASTE ALL OF THIS INTO A PASETBIN OR SHORTLINK AND ADD IT TO ARCHIVE
Dominic Adams
Thank you for this.
Joseph Fisher
Well done, hope the right people get to see this stuff
