The museum's first contemporary art exhibit - commissioned to mark its fifth anniversary - is a nod to Ibn al-Haytham, often called the father of modern optics.
Exhibitions at the I.M Pei-designed museum, which saw its one millionth visitor in February, have been well-received, escaping the media glare levied at fellow QMA galleries in Mathaf and Al Riwaq.
Not every world-renowned chef appears to be grumbling about Qatar’s cultural sensibilities. It took 18 months, but famous Frenchman Alain Ducasse has come up with a menu that seems to…
Report: Museum of Islamic Art ranks among world’s most beautiful museums Qatar’s Museum of Islamic Art joins the Guggenheim and the Louvre in a list of the world’s top 20 most…
Two new temporary exhibitions have opened at the Museum of Islamic Art which aim to inspire young people in Qatar to get more involved in science. 1001 Inventions invites visitors…
The steps Qatar has taken to pursue its “conquest of the art market,” and its plans for the future, are being told by its search history, which has been meticulously…
The Qatar Museums Authority hosted an event tonight to mark the launch of its two flagship collections as part of the Google Art Project. An art digitization scheme, Google Art hosts…
You can now browse more than 250 works at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) & Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, sortable by artist, and usually with details of origin, date etc.