BBCNEWS Inside July 5, 2024
about in a boat on this exact spot in the arabian gulf half a century ago, what would you have seen? not the futuristic cityscape before me today, that's for sure — because in recent decades, doha has witnessed unbelievably rapid change. i can't help thinking that the same is true of art history. this excitingly dynamic discipline that's always evolving. that's certainly the case with our ever expanding understanding of islamic art — the speciality of an extraordinary and recently revamped museum that's filled with masterpieces fashioned everywhere from the mediterranean to south...