QM’s current and soon to be closing exhibitions include:
- Eduardo Navarro - The Free Spirits of The Wild Horses, Gallery 4, Fire Station, until July 10. Over the past 20 years, Panamanian artist, Navarro has explored the uncontrolled balance between substance and form of the wild horses through portraying a dream-like world where horses are not bound by any forces. This exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Panama in Qatar.
- Pipilotti Rist: Your Brain to Me, My Brain to You, until July 15, QBEC Gallery, National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ). The large-scale, site-specific video installation by the internationally renowned Swiss artist Rist, is her first in the Middle East. Curated by Tom Eccles and Bouthayna Baltaji, the installation invites visitors to embark on a journey of self-discovery through a multi-sensory experience that inspires introspection and awe. A key feature of the installation is the “pixels” that comprise 12,000 LED lights strung on cables throughout the gallery for visitors to navigate.
- Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, until August 5. The multidisciplinary exhibition co-curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath revisits a turbulent chapter in the development of modernism in Beirut, spanning the 1958 Lebanon Crisis to 1975 Lebanese Civil War. The exhibition is a tribute to the Beirut art scene of the 1960s, which witnessed an explosion of creativity and artistic experimentation and became a destination for many intellectuals and for artists from across the Arab world.
- I Am The Traveler And Also The Road, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, until August 5. This exhibition is a journey that interconnects the visions of twelve remarkable photographers working in the WANA region today. It honours the photographic practices of Fatema Bint Ahmad al-Doh, Hayat al-Sharif, Shaima al-Tamimi, Samar Sayed Baiomy, Salih Basheer, Mohammed Elshamy, Reem Falaknaz, Rula Halawani, Mona Hassan, Fethi Sahraoui, and Abdo Shanan.
- Mosques in Qatar: Then and Now, Museum of Islamic Art, until August 12, is a photographic tour of Qatar from one of the earliest mosques at Murwab, through the boom of the 20th century, to the modern architecture and design of today where despite architectural changes, the mosque remains as an important part of the community as it ever has been. The exhibition will also celebrate and feature some of the famous Qatari Imams who have guided the community, and Muezzins who have called the community to prayer.
- The curious desert by Olafur Eliasson, until August 15 at NMoQ, and until October at Al Thakira Mangrove. Eliasson’s first solo exhibition in the Gulf region brings together a dozen new site-specific installations located near the Al Thakhira Mangrove in northern Qatar and an extensive gallery presentation at NMoQ. The outdoor installation consists of twelve temporary pavilions that Eliasson considers to form an artistic laboratory in the desert. At the NMoQ, the gallery portion of the exhibition features artworks from different periods of Eliasson’s career and in a wide range of media.
- Zwara: Focus On Forever Valentino Exhibition, M7, until September 10. Drawing inspiration from the Forever Valentino exhibition recently held at M7, Qatar-based designers in the Zwara programme were tasked with exploring the natural conversations that occur between fashion and other design disciplines, such as art, architecture, and technology. With the legacy and values of Maison Valentino as a starting point, collaborative teams developed designs that combined their diverse practices while reflected their own heritage and values. The result is a wonderful array of objects and experiences that reflect some of Qatar’s creative landscape.
- A Sneak Peek at Qatar Auto Museum, until January 20, 2024, Mawater Gallery, NMoQ. The exhibition celebrates the mission to drive culture forward and to inspire the next generation of innovators, designers, engineers, collectors and policymakers through a shared passion for cars. The new Qatar Auto Museum will explore the past, present and future of the automobile and its impact on global life and culture. It will spotlight the car as a proud marker of Qatar’s growth, a common thread between a diverse population and a unifying vehicle of culture and innovation.
