“Qatar Between Land and Sea. Through Arts and Heritage” exhibition was the centrepiece of the cultural programme of Qatar, the guest country at the recently held 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2021).
12 May 2021 - 8:21
Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of FBQ Museum
The Peninsula
Qatar is set to showcase a massive cultural programme as guest country at the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - a leading global platform for business community to discuss key economic issues.
During the event, Qatar will reveal three large-scale projects representing the historical traditions and contemporary art of the country. All the activities will be held at different venues around St. Petersburg and open to the public.
As guest country to SPIEF 2021, Qatar will host the Qatar National Pavilion at the forum venue, which will showcase comprehensively the economic capabilities of the country.
23 February 2021 by Editor
On 18 February 2021, the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg hosted the opening ceremony of the exhibition ‘Weaving the Thread of Fate into the Carpet – Decorative and Applied Art of Azerbaijan’ in the Russian Museum of Ethnography Collection and the presentation of the catalog of the same name. The exhibition will run until 18 May 2021.
Exhibition hall: Weaving the Thread of Fate into the Carpet – Decorative and Applied Art of Azerbaijan
This project is the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum’s next event as part of the State Program for the Preservation and Development of Carpet Art in the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2018–2022.
Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum and Russian Ethnographic Museum (REM) will hold a joint exhibition on February 19.
The exhibition Weaving the thread of fate into the carpet. Decorative and applied art of Azerbaijan in the collection of the Russian Ethnographic Museum will feature over 100 unique samples of decorative and applied art. The first thing to pay attention to is more than 40 carpets - an object of national pride and a cultural phenomenon of Azerbaijanis. Azerbaijani carpets are made of pure wool, sometimes with the addition of cotton. They are distinguished by high density and use of natural dyes. Most of the carpets date back to 19 - the first decade of the 20th century. The exhibition will also feature a unique pile carpet Surakhany of the 18th century, the message said.