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Doha, Qatar:In a recent talk titled Orientalism Demystified: Eastern Insights on Western Myths, an official emphasised that the Lusail Museum is poi...

While Qatar Museums are currently running a number of shows and exhibitions in the country, several more new ones are set to be launched soon. Here is a look at...

While Qatar Museums are currently running a number of shows and exhibitions in the country, several more new ones are set to be launched soon. Here is a look at...

In 2022, Qatar further cemented its position as a hub for arts and culture in the region, highlighting not only the heritage and tradition of this cou...

The upcoming Lusail Museum will be a place of ideas, meetings and encounters, exchange and identity, said its Director Dr. Xavier Dectot on the sideli...

Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and H.E. Sheikh Hassan bin Mohammed bin Ali Al Thani, and a number of VIPs opened Lusail Museum:...

a href= https://qm.org.qa/en/ target= _blank Qatar Museums /a today announced details of the special exhibition Lusail Museum: Tales of a Connecte

Doha: Qatar Museums announced details of the special exhibition Lusail Museum: Tales of a Connected World , opening on Oct 24 at QM Gallery Al Riwaq...

Qatar Museums announces unprecedented cultural developments for fall 2022

Picturing Death: 1200–1600 explores the visual culture of mortality over the course of four centuries that witnessed a remarkable flourishing of imagery focused on the themes of death, dying, and the afterlife. In doing so, this volume sheds light on issues that unite two periods—the Middle Ages and the Renaissance—that are often understood as diametrically opposed. The studies collected here cover a broad visual terrain, from tomb sculpture to painted altarpieces, from manuscrip...