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Qatar Museums to Host Picasso-Giacometti Blockbuster

Qatar Museums to Host Picasso-Giacometti Blockbuster

In what will surely be one of the biggest blockbusters in the Middle East next year, Qatar Museums will stage the first exhibition in the region focused on the two legendary 20th-century artists Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti. The show, which will take place at Fire Station Artist in Residence in Doha, is a collaboration between Qatar Museums, […]

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Qatar’s pavilion at Expo Milano wins award

Qatar’s pavilion at Expo Milano wins award

Qatar Expo Milano 2015 Pavilion has won the Exhibitor Magazine award as the best international pavilion among 145 participant countries, after it got the highest number of individual votes in the people’s choice category, the Ministry of Economy and Commerce announced yesterday. The exhibition, which opened on May 1, concludes on October 31.

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Mathaf wins ‘Oscars for Museums’ award

Mathaf wins ‘Oscars for Museums’ award

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art won the “Best Emerging Cul- ture Destination” in the Middle East at the 2015 Leading Cul- ture Destinations Awards held in London this month. Dubbed as “The Oscars for Museums”, the prestigious awards scheme honours the world’s most visionary arts in- stitutions and emerging cultural hotspots. Leading Culture Destination […]

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Wael Shawky: Crusades and Other Stories

Wael Shawky: Crusades and Other Stories

Wael Shawky produces spectacular film series based on literature and historical narratives, using a visual language that mixes fictional storytelling and documentary styles. The exhibition presents two newly completed film trilogies, each inspired by stories and scripts of literature; Cabaret Crusades (2010-2014) draws on Amin Maalouf’s novel The Crusades through Arab Eyes (1983) while Al Araba Al Madfuna (2012-2015) collages the […]

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