Explore the extraordinary exhibitions Qatar Museums has to offer this season, from sports, contemporary art, history, fashion and architecture.
World of Football
The 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum.
Celebrate FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ by visiting the special exhibition World of Football, on view at 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum.
When: 2 October 2022 – 1 April 2023
Where: 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum
Celebrating History and Heritage
Baghdad: Eye’s Delight
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-matpc-16004
Baghdad: Eye’s Delight celebrates Baghdad as the most important and influential city in the Islamic world. Discover Baghdad: Eye’s Delight to learn about Baghdad’s outstanding heritage as the capital of the Abbasid caliphs as well as the renewed period of prosperity in the 20th century with the discovery of oil.
When: 26 October 2022 – 25 February 2023
Where: Museum of Islamic Art (MIA)
On the Move
Visit On the Move to discover an international array of objects, archival footage and historical images that offer a glimpse into the lives of nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples.
When: 27 October 2022 - 14 January 2023
Where: National Museum of Qatar
Safar
Visit Safar to experience stories of Afghan refugees beginning with a look at Afghanistan's rich history through to 2021’s evacuation process.
When: 24 October 2022 – 24 January 2023
Where: Museum of Islamic Art Park
Raku Kichizaemon XV·Jikinyū: A Living Tradition of Japanese Pottery
Raku Kichizaemon XV·Jikinyū’
Qatar sands, Japanese Shigaraki clay and porcelain
2022
Private Collection
Visit Raku Jikinyū’s ode to Qatar in this exhibition comprising fourteen ceremonial tea bowls.
When: 3 November 2022 – 20 March 2023
Where: Museum of Islamic Art
Cutting-Edge Contemporary
Taysir Batniji: No Condition is Permanent
Taysir Batniji (Palestinian, b. 1966). Gaza Walls, 2001. Photographs on blue black paper; 60 x 90 cm each. Courtesy of the Artist and Sfeir Semler Gallery.
Presented within a global context of social uncertainty and fragility of historical narratives, No Condition is Permanent looks at artist Taysir Batniji’s diverse practice and meditations on Palestine.
When: 16 September 2022 – 21 January 2023
Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Experience Al Jazeera
The Al Jazeera documentaries building, part of the Al Jazeera Media Network.
Visit Experience Al Jazeera to learn more about how the network grew from a single pioneering television channel to a global media phenomenon.
When: 2 November 2022 – 25 March 2023
Where: Fire Station
Majaz: Contemporary Art Qatar
Ryan Browning, Arsonist, 2021, oil on linen. Photo: © Ryan Browning, 2022
Visit the Majaz: Contemporary Art Qatar exhibition at Mathaf to experience 5 years of the Fire Station: Artist in Residence programme celebrating young local and regional talent.
When: 16 September 2022 – 25 February 2023
Where: Masrah Almaared, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Sophia Al-Maria: INVISIBLE LABORS daydream therapy
Still from Sophia Al-Maria's Black Friday, 2016, digital video
Visit Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art to see Qatari American artist Sophia Al-Maria’s first large-scale museum exhibition in the Middle East. This exhibition consists of a variety of media including installations, video and commissioned soundscapes, to highlight the importance of storytelling as a strategy of survival, imagination and reclaiming narratives.
When: 16 September 2022 – 21 January 2023
Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
One Tiger or Another
Ho Tzu Nyen (Singapore, b. 1976). Still image from One or Several Tigers, 2018. Two-channel video. Image courtesy of the artist.
This exhibition, presented by Rubaiyat Qatar, explores the creative potential of art and media as a means of storytelling through the iconography of the tiger in South and Southeast Asian history.
When: 16 September 2022 - 21 January 2023
Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Global Fashion
Labour of Love: Embroidering Palestinain History
Experience Labour of Love as it delves into the symbolism of traditional Palestinian tatreez (embroidery).
When: 12 October 2022 – 28 January 2023
Where: Katara Cultural Village, QM Gallery
Forever Valentino
Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli with the Valentino atelier team on the Spanish steps, Rome, Italy.
Photo: Courtesy of Valentino SpA; photo by André Lucat
Maison Valentino makes its Middle East debut in its biggest show to date with Forever Valentino. Explore the rich and acclaimed heritage of the legendary fashion house, from its founding in Rome through its groundbreaking current designs.
When: 28 October 2022 – 1 April 2023
Where: M7
The Future of Museums
Lusail Museum: Tales of a Connected World
Titian, Suleyman the Magnificent, ca. 1540, oil on canvas, 72.4 x 61 cm. Lusail Museum Collection. Photo: © Lusail Museum, Qatar Museums, 2022
Discover the new Lusail Museum and the Orientalist art making its home there at the Lusail Museum: Tales of a Connected World exhibition.
When: 24 October 2022 – 29 April 2023
Where: Qatar Museums Gallery – Al Riwaq
Art Mill Museum 2030
ELEMENTAL, Art Mill Museum conceptual design: view from the south (Doha, Qatar), 2022, digital rendering. Concept images by ELEMENTAL © Qatar Museums, 2022.
Experience architectural transformation at the Art Mill Museum 2030 exhibition and learn about the future vision of this museum dedicated to international modern and contemporary art.
When: 24 October 2022 – 30 March 2023
Where: Qatar Museums Gallery – Al Riwaq