Past Exhibitions

Since its founding in 2010, Mathaf has presented temporary exhibitions highlighting internationally acclaimed modern and contemporary artists.

Please note that the following list of selected past exhibitions is not comprehensive and updates are ongoing.

A man wrapped in pink fabric sits cross legged on a carpet, a musical instrument in the background.

Past Exhibition

Seeing Is Believing: The Art and Influence of Gérôme

3 November 2024 - 22 February 2025
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Khalid Albaih: Shahid

6 May - 24 August 2024
Abstract drawing with a blue triangle in the middle and prominent red and black line drawings on top.

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Distilled Lessons: Abstraction in Arab Modernism

27 October 2023 - 11 May 2024
Photo of an artwork that looks like the broad brush strokes of calligraphy.

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Mehdi Moutashar: Introspection as Resistance

27 October 2023 - 11 May 2024
Photo of an abstract painting in landscape, prominently featuring blue, white and black colours.

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Cities Under Quarantine: The Mailbox Project

27 October 2023 - 11 May 2024
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Ramadan Feast

20 March - 9 April 2024
Arabic script written in sand.

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De/Constructed Meanings

27 October 2023 - 10 March 2024
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Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility

17 March - 5 August 2023
Part of an oil painting on linen, bright red coloured balls and a planet in a gold vase feature.

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Majaz: Contemporary Art Qatar

16 September 2022 - 25 February 2023
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Almaha Almaadeed: Inspired by the Land

29 September 2022 - 4 February 2023
Picture of shredded paper on a textured background with the word Al Quds in Arabic

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Taysir Batniji: No Condition is Permanent

16 September 2022 - 21 January 2023
Woman shown splayed against black and white marble floor.

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Sophia Al-Maria: INVISIBLE LABORS daydream therapy

16 September 2022 - 21 January 2023