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An extract from a new publication about collectors by Dani Levinas features rare insights from the chair of Qatar Museums

Acciona Cultura has recently delivered the technical development and museographic implementation for the Lusail Museum: Tales of a Connected World exhibition for Qatar Museums (QM).

Acciona Cultura has recently delivered the technical development and museographic implementation for the Lusail Museum: Tales of a Connected World exhibition for Qatar Museums (QM).

Marrakech in Morocco is a significant economic hub with mosques, palaces, and gardens and a historic imperial city in western Morocco. The Medina is a walled, tightly packed medieval city that dates back to the Berber Empire. Marrakech is a labyrinthine alleyway where bustling souks (marketplaces) provide artisanal jewellery, pottery, and textiles. The Moorish minaret […]

Qatar as a strategic partner of France has seen significant strengthening of relationship in a range of areas, said French Ambassador to Qatar H E Jea...

On the occasion of the French National Day, observed Thursday, the French ambassador to Qatar has underlined the strong and deep-rooted relations between both

French envoy highlights exceptional relations with Qatar

Next week sees ‘Dance to the music of love’ go under the hammer, sale estimate: £700,000-1,000,000. The landmark Irma Stern painting comes to Bonhams Modern & Contemporary African Art. 12 Oct 2021, starting at 14:00 BST.

, Arab with Dagger (1945), Modern and Contemporary African Art, Bonhams, London, 17 March. Estimate: £700,000-£1m The South African artist Irma Stern painted this dagger-brandishing rogue during a six-year period between 1939 and 1946, when she travelled frequently to the island of Zanzibar and spent time with its Arab community. The picture’s frame was repurposed from one of the many distinctively decorated door frames found throughout Zanzibar. The work reflects “the fatalism and deep s...