Wael Shawky Appointed First Artistic Director Of Qatar Museums’ Fire Station
The internationally acclaimed Egyptian-born artist Wael Shawky has been appointed the first Artistic Director of QM’s creative hub, Fire Station:… Read More
4 November 2024
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Middle East Art News: Sacha Jafri Sells Massive Painting For £45m – Art Dubai Launches – Qatar Museums Unveil Inaugural Tasweer Photo Festival
The world’s largest painting, created by a little-known British artist Sacha Jafri, has been sold at auction in Dubai for £45m to French crypto businessman Andre Abdoune.
25 March 2021
Landmark Collaboration Announced Between LACMA, Yuz Museum Shanghai And Qatar Museums
A landmark collaboration has been announced between Yuz Museum Shanghai (YUZ), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and Qatar Museums (QM)
4 November 2019
Contemporary Art from China To Be Shown At Qatar Museums
A new exhibition examining the issue of creativity—a topic rarely touched upon in the multitude of exhibitions on Chinese contemporary art is… Read More
26 January 2016
Luc Tuymans Retrospective Announced For Qatar Museums
A retrospective of the work of Luc Tuymans has been announced at the Qatar Museums. It will be the first solo show… Read More
12 August 2015
Global Curating Prize Launched By Qatar Museums Authority and Fondazione Prada
Qatar Museums Authority and Fondazione Prada announced the launch today of Curate, a global competition to find new curating talent,… Read More
29 May 2013
Art Basel Qatar Unveils Inaugural Edition With Artist Wael Shawky At The Helm
Artlyst News Desk: Art Basel Qatar has confirmed the launch details of its highly anticipated Qatar edition, scheduled to debut… Read More
9 July 2025
Art Basel Announces Doha Edition In Landmark Qatari Partnership
Doha will join Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, and Paris as an Art Basel host city when the fair launches… Read More
20 May 2025
Qatar to Build Permanent Pavilion at Venice Biennale’s Historic Giardini
Qatar has secured a prime location in the Giardini della Biennale, the historic heart of the Venice Biennale, to construct its national pavilion….
15 February 2025
Qatar Transforms Into An Outdoor Art Gallery Ahead Of FIFA World Cup
Qatar, a country that is no stranger to important contemporary public art, with works by Richard Serra and Damien Hirst, will be Transformed into an Outdoor Art Museum
10 August 2022
Louvre’s 72% Visitor Drop – Wildenstein Family Back In Court – Richard Serra’s Qatar Sculpture Defaced
Louvre’s 72% Visitor Drop – Wildenstein Family Back In Court – Richard Serra’s Qatar Sculpture Defaced
9 January 2021
Spectacular Jean Nouvel Designed National Museum Qatar To Open In March
Qatar Museums have announced the opening dates for the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ), housed within a spectacular new building designed by architect Jean Nouvel, will open to the public on March 28, 2019,
5 November 2018
Qatar Boycott: Will It Marginalise The Region’s Cultural Renaissance?
Last October I was in Doha the capital of Qatar which seemed like a well-oiled machine when it came to Art, Education, and Culture.
15 June 2017
Powerful Qatari Art Player Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani Dies At 48
Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani of Qatar was considered a powerful player on the global art market, rumour would have it that on the news of his impending presence “art dealers
11 November 2014
Richard Serra Unveils Major Desert Sculpture In Western Qatar
The Qatar Museums Authority is has announced the unveiling of a major landscape commission, East-West/West-East, by American artist Richard Serra… Read More
9 April 2014
UK Fails To Stop Qatar Bid To Export £50m Picasso
We reported on 11 March that one of the most iconic Picasso ‘Blue Period’ paintings which has been in Britain… Read More
14 April 2013
Why The Qatar Royals Rule The Contemporary Art World
With money to burn who can compete with this family’s ambition to create the 21st centuries greatest art collection? In… Read More
1 April 2012
Ai Weiwei Announces First Exhibition In The Gulf Region
Ai Weiwei has announced an exhibition of recent works at Qatar Museums Doha.
6 March 2018
Frieze London 2025: What Sold And What The Dealers Said – Report
This year’s Frieze London and Frieze Masters drew an estimated 90,000 visitors from 108 countries, a figure that underlines London’s… Read More
20 October 2025
Emergency Relief Fund Launched For Los Angeles Artists Impacted By Fire
A coalition of major arts organisations, philanthropists, and global institutions announced Thursday the creation of the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund…
16 January 2025
Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2024/2025 Art Of Our Time
Welcome to the Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2024/2025. The Alt Power 100 Artlyst celebrates the visionaries transforming the artistic landscape…
31 December 2024
Art Basel 2024 Report Plus What The Dealers Said
Art Basel has shrugged off the doom-mongers and reported buoyant sales for the 2024 edition, which took place from 13… Read More
17 June 2024
60th Venice Biennale Pavilions And Collateral Events Guide – Artlyst
The 60th Venice Biennale Arte, scheduled to spearhead the 2024 cultural calendar from 20 April to 24 November 2024, will mark a significant milestone…
8 April 2024
Richard Serra: Master of Monumental Minimalism Dies Aged 85
Richard Serra, a towering figure in contemporary art, has died at the age of 85. Serra was born in San Francisco, California, on November 2, 1938.
27 March 2024
Dan Flavin And Donald Judd: Meditative Ethereal Minimalism – QM Gallery Al Riwaq – Doha – Leila Lebreton
Doha’s QM Gallery – Al Riwaq is currently hosting an exhibition of the American artists Dan Flavin (1933–1996) and Donald Judd (1928–1994), two of the founders of minimalism.
14 December 2023
Damien Hirst Exhibits Groundbreaking Formaldehyde Sculptures At Gagosian
“I wanted a shark that’s big enough to eat you and in a large enough amount of liquid so that you could imagine you were in there with it” – Damien Hirst
2 March 2022
KAWS Launches His first Major London Solo Exhibition
The artist KAWS launches his first major solo exhibition in London, NEW FICTION, KAWS (Brian Donnelly b.1974) at the Serpentine.
18 January 2022
Martin Creed: Three Toasts and Some Broccoli Hauser & Wirth Online
Martin Creed has become known for hugely varied work, which is by turns uncompromising, entertaining, shocking and beautiful. A new online presentation at Hauser & Wirth opening on 8 August assembles selected paintings, drawings, sculptures, tapestry, video and music.
30 July 2020
South London Gallery First To Announce Lengthy Closure
The South London Gallery, a popular, public, cultural oasis has decided to close until further notice. This is the first,… Read More
15 March 2020
Damien Hirst Headlines Houghton Hall 2018 Exhibition
Damien Hirst will be the next artist to take over Houghton Hall for their summer exhibition.
22 March 2018
Damien Hirst Underwater Mocumentary Big Hit For Netflix
Damien Hirst’s has released a mocumentary film on Netflix following the storyline of his Disney-like exhibition
8 January 2018
Unbelievable – Damien Hirst Treasures In Venice Are A Shipwreck
Damien Hirst’s latest exhibition which opens to the public on April 9th, 2017, titled “Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable,” focuses on a fictitious ship wreck which happened some 2,000 years ago off the coast of East Africa.
7 April 2017