Five main art movements emerged in the country by the late 20th century: surrealism, realism, expressionism, abstract art, and calligraphy.
A member of the ruling family, Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani, has been an instrumental figure in developing Qatar's modern art industry since the 1980s..
There is a regular format, a temporal interval, that dominates exhibition-making.
In commercial galleries, exhibitions last one month; in museums, from 3 to 4.
The new biennial-format takes things slower with a more ambitious output, and are punctured by the temporal ephemerality of performance on the opening night..
Annual museum and exhibition visitors Qatar 2022, by establishment.
During 2022, the National Museum of Qatar was the most visited museum in Qatar in 2022 at more than 267 thousand visitors.
The winter months of December and November has the highest traffic in that year respectively..
The different types of exhibitions include solo exhibitions, duo exhibitions, group exhibitions, institutional exhibitions, museum exhibitions, retrospective exhibitions, art event exhibitions, and online exhibitions.
These nine types are the most common exhibitions in the art world and are very frequently used terms..
The Venice Biennale is the longest-running and most high-profile international exhibition of contemporary art in the world.
Each Venice Biennale comprises a lavish extravaganza of exhibitions that draw over 600,000 visitors during the Biennale's six-month (May – November) run..
The festival helps many international artists in gaining recognition and selling their artworks in Qatar.
In 2010, Qatar was declared a cultural country of the region.
The festival provides a good exposure to the visiting artists to the beautiful country of Qatar..
Art exhibitions represent the gathering of art objects into a space for a temporary event.
The exhibition or show may include work by a single artist, art works on a single topic or theme, from a specific era, in a defined medium, from a defined geographic region, or a combination of all of these..
Labour of Love unravels the symbols of the embroidered Palestinian dress (thobe), exploring tatreez through the lenses of gender, labour, commodity and class.
Palestinian folk fashion is a catalyst for exploring the social history of Palestine as a whole, not solely the history associated with women's work..
The purpose of the exhibition may be to sell the art works or it may be solely educational.
A juried show has an individual or panel acting as judge of submitted artworks and selecting which are to be shown.
At an invitational show the organizer asks specific artists to supply artworks for exhibition..
The National Museum of Qatar is dedicated to bringing to life the story of Qatar and its people.
MIA houses one of the most comprehensive collections of Islamic art in the world, with masterpieces from every corner of the globe representing the diversity found in Islamic heritage..
Labour of Love unravels the symbols of the embroidered Palestinian dress (thobe), exploring tatreez through the lenses of gender, labour, commodity and class.
Palestinian folk fashion is a catalyst for exploring the social history of Palestine as a whole, not solely the history associated with women's work..
"An art exhibition can connect forms visually, showing contrast, difference, indifference, agreement between objects.
An exhibition can gather ideas together, and point to them, within and beyond the gallery.
An exhibition can be be a form of knowledge production.
An exhibition can be visualized research..
The festival helps many international artists in gaining recognition and selling their artworks in Qatar.
In 2010, Qatar was declared a cultural country of the region.
The festival provides a good exposure to the visiting artists to the beautiful country of Qatar..
In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition hall, or World's fairs..
In March, at the 2022 Doha Forum, the chairperson of Qatar Museums, Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, announced the development of a further three major museums: the Lusail Museum, Art Mill Museum, and the Qatar Auto Museum..
Established in 2010, Mathaf providing a uniquely Arab perspective on contemporary art.
The museum's permanent collection features more than 9,000 works by notable artists from Arab world from the 1840s to the present day..
The Venice Biennale is the longest-running and most high-profile international exhibition of contemporary art in the world.
Each Venice Biennale comprises a lavish extravaganza of exhibitions that draw over 600,000 visitors during the Biennale's six-month (May – November) run..
National Museum of Qatar
Due to its size and geometric complexity, the building designed by Jean Nouvel required the highest standards of planning and installation of the building envelope..
Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani has played a significant role in bringing art to Qatar, particularly with the latest art installations at the Hamad International Airport (HIA) showcasing pieces of work by numerous global artists in collaboration with Qatar Museums Authority..
Coming to Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art at the end of October and ‘showcases the evolution of linguistic systems within critiques of ideology’. It focuses on an installation that acts as a writing device on sand using a programmed coding system to explore history. Free. Oct 27-Mar 5, 2024. Open Sat-Thu 9am-7pm; Fri 1.30pm-7pm. Mathaf: Arab Muse.
Featuring a selection of extraordinary textiles, this exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art highlights the importance of silk in the vibrant social, economic and religious life of 17th-century Iran. The exhibition has been on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C., and is being shown as part of the Qatar-USA 2.
Coffee-lover? This exhibition has your name on it. Held at the National Museum of Qatar, this showcases the history of coffee growing, trading and drinking around the globe, particularly in Qatar and Indonesia. There will be interactive displays, soundscapes, immersive projections and more. There will also be a series of activities and competitions.
Al Thakira Mangroves
One of the world’s most important collections of furniture is currently on show in Doha. Masterpieces of Furniture Design explores the evolution of more than 200 years of design through 52 iconic pieces of modern furniture. Pieces date back until the 18th century with designs from names such as Le Corbusier, Charles and Ray Eames, Florence Knoll, A.
This latest installation from Turkish artist Felekşan Onar is made from glass and conveys a powerful message. The hand-carved and gold painted mold-blown glass birds signify human displacement caused by the recent earthquakes in Southeast Turkey and Northern Syria. The birds mimic a traditional Japanese technique typically used for repairing cerami.
Olafur Eliasson’s public art installation Shadows travelling on the sea of the day (2022) has quickly become one of our favourites, and this year the Danish artist’s first solo exhibition in the Gulf opened. Near the Al Thakira Mangroves in northern Qatar, you’ll find twelve temporary pavilions that use wind, water, and sunlight, to create artworks.
This exhibition showcases work from 31 local artists as part of the Fire Station’s Artist in Residence programme. Artwork was completed in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 and promises visitors a glimpse into inner workings of artists’ studios and their processes, from concept through to realisation in a variety of different mediums. Artists showcasing thei.