DOHA: Due to public demand, Qatar Museums Authority has decided to extend the closing date of the exhibition of French-Chinese artist Yan-Pei Ming at the QMA Gallery, Building 10, in Katara.
“Painting The History” exhibition will be open free to the public until January 26, from Monday to Saturday from 9am to 8pm and on Friday from 3pm to 9pm.
“Painting The History”, Yan Pei-Ming’s first major exhibition in Doha, opened on October 12 and received a large number of visitors. The artist also participated in an interactive educational programme that accompanied the exhibition.
Curated by Francesco Bonami, “Yan Pei-Ming: Painting the History” exhibition profiles three types of history-makers.
The first section of the exhibition is dedicated to the modern history of Arab culture, with 150 portraits in watercolour of influential figures of the Arab world from politics to literature and art. The only work in the second section is a triptych of the most famous painting in Western art — The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David, on view now at the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Brussels. In the last section of the exhibition, Yan Pei-Ming builds on David’s process, painting the history of assassinated political leaders from the beginning of 20th century until recently, including Che Guevera and Mahatma Gandhi.
The Peninsula
