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Susan Adams makes this prediction about a rising star, Ahmed Alsoudani, in Forbes.

This Iraq-born artist with a Masters in fine art from Yale has caught the eye of mega-collectors François Pinault and Charles Saatchi at a time when art from the Middle East is getting hot. Alsoudani, 35, paints colorful, intricate canvases of war and chaos. Pinault is planning a show of his work in one of his Venice museums, Palazzo Grassi, in June 2011. Alsoudani pieces now sell for $24,000 to $65,000. Expect prices to climb much higher.

[Art Market Monitor]