Until May 20, 2023, Mathaf (Arab Museum of Modern Art) is hosting a group photo show titled I Am The Traveler And Also The Road. It features the following photographers from the Western Asia and North Africa (WANA) region: Fatema Bint Ahmad Al-Doh, Hayat Al-Sharif, Shaima Al-Tamimi, Samar Sayed Baiomy, Salih Basheer, Mohammed Elshamy, Reem […]
Qatar Museums presents The curious desert, Icelandic–Danish artist Olafur Eliasson‘s first solo exhibition in the Gulf region. It brings together his new site-specific installations located in the desert and the artworks created over 25 years of his career (these are being displayed at the National Museum of Qatar). The exhibition will be open until 15 […]
The Qatar Auto Museum designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) will be situated along the Lusail Expressway in the former exhibition centre which hosted the 1st Qatar Motor Show in 2011. The museum is planned to bring Qatar’s car community under one roof. It will explore the history and future of the automobile […]
Qatar National Library, in partnership with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, has organized an exhibition of works of Baya Mahieddine. The exhibition showcases a selection of 18 works that were drawn from Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar National Library, and private collections in Doha. Baya Mahieddine or Fatima Haddad before her marriage, is […]
“INVISIBLE LABORS daydream therapy”, an exhibition by Qatari American multidisciplinary artist, writer, and filmmaker Sophia Al-Maria, is now being held at Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art. It will remain open until January 21, 2023. “INVISIBLE LABORS daydream therapy” is focused on histories, dreaming, and futures. The center topic of the exhibition is the importance […]
Mathaf is thrilled to present No Condition Is Permanent, the exhibition which is dedicated to Taysir Batniji’s art (born in 1966, Gaza). The show features his art pieces which were created from 1997 to 2022. Although he lives in France, it is Palestine that serves as a focus of his life and work. The exhibition […]
Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, was established in 2010. Mathaf, in translation from Arabic, means “museum”. The foundation of the museum’s present collection is the collection of modern Arabic art, gathered by Sheikh Hassan bin Mohammed Al Thani; the conditions of conservation were provided by QMA, chaired by Sheikha Al-Mayassa Al Thani. […]
Two Qatar exhibitions will be part of the 2022 Year of Culture in Doha. Both of them will be dedicated to The Art Mill Museum, a vast new Modern and contemporary art institution due to open in Doha in 2030. The idea and definition of the future museum belongs to Catherine Grenier, who is the […]
“Years of Culture” is an international cultural exchange between countries and communities from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bhutan, Egypt, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. This year it will be the 10th anniversary of the initiative. […]
An immersive LED installation, Your Brain to Me, My Brain to You, created by internationally famous Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, is now on display at the QBEC Gallery, National Museum of Qatar. This new large-scale installation is Pipilotti Rist’s first one in the Middle East. The artist’s art is known for its multi-sensory qualities, with […]
The mission of the Open Space is the creation of new opportunities for cultural communication between people and countries.
Open Space aims at cultural projects connected with art, music, literature, theatre, science; conferences, round tables, festivals, workshops, internships; training, support for young artists and scientists, publication of specialist literature, educational programs, lectures, exhibitions, award establishment, charity events.
