cai guo-qiang: saraab

Interventions
  • Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab reaffirms Mathaf’s commitment to presenting an Arab perspective on modern & contemporary art, turning eastward to consider artistic dynamics across Asia for the first time. Saraab presents more than 50 works including 17 new commissions by Cai Guo-Qiang, one of the most influential contemporary artists on the international art scene.

swalif

Interventions
  • Swalif celebrates more than twenty of Qatar's most influential artists and four decades of art production with a new selection from the collection of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition covers the period from 1965 to 2006, with the works appearing in chronological order illustrating particular moments in Qatar's art history.

sajjil: a century of modern art

Interventions
  • Sajjil, Mathaf's inaugural exhibition of works, was a remarkable, comprehensive cross-section of art from the Arab world produced over the last hundred years. The exhibition features works by over one hundred artists from the Arab world during more than a century of world-changing developments in art, culture, society and politics.

told | untold | retold

Interventions
  • Told | Untold | Retold features 23 works specially commissioned by Mathaf from artists with Arab-world roots. Centered around the theme of storytelling, the pieces range from painting & sculpture to photography, video and mixed media installations, providing a unique and challenging view of contemporary art from the region.

interventions

Interventions
  • Shedding new light on the relationship between modern and contemporary art, Interventions celebrates the work and continuing careers of five internationally recognized and influential artists from the Arab world: Dia Azzawi, Farid Belkahia, Ahmed Nawar, Ibrahim el Salahi, and Hassan Sharif.

mathaf aims to become a resource
for its visitors
both physical and virtual, local and
global, to learn about
modern arab art.
Wassan al Khudhairi
Director
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art

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