Qatar Museums announces new fall lineup of exhibitions, events

The first solo exhibition in the Gulf by one of Europe’s most influential living painters and a series of exhibitions and events celebrating the ongoing Qatar-Turkey year of culture will be among the key events organized by Qatar Museums‘ this autumn.

The new season of events begins next month and includes a Turkish cultural festival and bazaar at MIA Park; a display of work by two Qatari and two Turkish photographers at Katara Cultural Village; and an exhibition of costumes and sets from the Magnificent Century TV series – the historical soap opera on the life of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

And on Oct. 19, Al Riwaq gallery near the Museum of Islamic Art will host the region’s first solo exhibition from celebrated Belgian artist Luc Tuymans. His display will run for more than three months until Jan. 30, 2016.

Titled “Intolerance,” the retrospective exhibition features more than 150 works, including a series of wall paintings and a new body of work called “The Arena,” which has been created specifically for the show, QM said in a statement.

Tuymans, who lives and works in Antwerp, uses drawings, photographs and film stills as the basis for his paintings, which cover major historical events such as WWII and the Holocaust as well as everyday objects.

Now reputed to be one of the world’s most influential contemporary painters, his works are exhibited in major galleries across the globe, including the Guggenheim Museum and Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Center Pompidou in Paris and London’s Tate Gallery.

Original article by Lesley Walker

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