Doha: Check out WeTransfer from September 27 until October 11 as the Years of Culture initiative profiles some of its programmes and the iconic Qatar Museums institutions that support them to mark 10 years of cross-cultural collaboration and friendship.
Highlighted initiatives include Photography Exchange Programme; American photographer Andrew Studer captured the first two building images seen on WeTransfer during his visit to Qatar as part of the Qatar-USA 2021 Year of Culture Photography Exchange Programme; Pearls Exhibition — Photographs from the exhibition Pearls: Treasures from the Seas and the Rivers, which travelled to Japan, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Turkiye and Russia during past Years of Culture and is now on view at the National Museum of Qatar.
Upcoming exhibitions at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA): The MIA will re-open on October 5 following a facilities enhancement project and the reimagination and reinstallation of its permanent collection galleries.
It will host the landmark temporary exhibition, Baghdad: Eye’s Delight (from October 26 to February 25, 2023) under the Years of Culture banner, which introduces and celebrates one of the world’s most influential cities.
On WeTransfer, The Bridge of the Boats on the Tigris, Baghdad (1820) is juxtaposed against a striking photo of MIA captured by Andrew Studer.
The Fire Station creative community space has supported dozens of regional artists since its launch. One of the pieces to be presented in the upcoming exhibition Fire Station alumni exhibition Majaz: Contemporary Art Qatar (from September 16 to February 25) can be seen on WeTransfer now.
So many new ideas and collaborations have been created over the past decade from Qatar-Japan in 2012 until now, when for the first time, as the initiative partnering with an entire region - MENASA.
