To make your weekend entertaining, we have put together a list of interesting events. Most of them are online while some you can visit with appointments and necessary precautionary measures announced by the ministry as the virus is not yet defeated completely in the country. We will keep adding more events over the days. In case you come up with something interesting please do share with us.
Short Film of the Week: 'Caravan’
Short film ‘Caravan' by Suzannah Mirghani is a lyrical relay of thoughts from Doha residents as they sit in traffic.
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Yto Barrada's Exhibition
The exhibition at Mathaf is composed of photographs, films, videos, sculptures, prints, and fabric works that focus on "threads of regeneration and growth in social and geological transformation"; by a Moroccan-French award-winning artist Yto Barrada.
Visitors are required to reserve tickets in advance on the QM website. During the visit, they must present a “green” health status on the Ehteraz virus-tracing app and wear face masks for the duration of their visit.
For more info and tickets, click here
Huguette Caland: Faces and Places
Faces and Places is Huguette Caland’s largest solo museum exhibition at Mathaf, featuring six decades of her paintings, drawings, caftans, smocks and sculptures, including a selection of never before exhibited works.
Visitors are required to reserve tickets in advance on the QM website. During the visit, they must present a “green” health status on the Ehteraz virus-tracing app and wear face masks for the duration of their visit.
For tickets, click here
“Drinkers of the Wind” Exhibition
Arabian horse and hunting falcon — two important elements of Arab culture and heritage — are the subject of a new virtual exhibition launched by the Katara Art Centre.
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Qatar Reads Family Reading Program
Join on August 29th to celebrate families with a virtual event to read and learn how to make finger puppets and garden flowers.
For more info and registration, click here
Picasso exhibition at Fire Station
The exhibition features 108 extraordinary artworks by Pablo Picasso selected from the unparalleled collection of the Musée national Picasso in Paris, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and ceramics. The museums, galleries and heritage sites are open between the hours of 9am to 3pm. According to the current situation, visitors are required to reserve tickets in advance on the QM website. Those of 12 years of age and older are required to wear masks, present a “green” health status on the Ehteraz virus tracing app, and are checked for the normal temperature at the entrance.
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A Falcon's Eye: HE Sheikh Saoud bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani
The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) will pay tribute to HE Sheikh Saoud bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani who was so influential in the constitution of collections for Qatar Museums and the state of Qatar in general. Sheikh Saoud’s legacy as a collector is of crucial importance to Qatar Museums as he laid the foundations of the major collections within the institution. This exhibition will significantly contribute to shedding light on objects that have never been displayed in Qatar before.
Visitors are required to reserve tickets in advance on the QM website. During the visit, they must present a “green” health status on the Ehteraz virus-tracing app and wear face masks for the duration of their visit.
For tickets, click here.
Katara Virtual Exhibition
Few virtual exhibitions happening at Katara are listed below:
Education City’s Community Family Summer Camp 2020
Join Education City’s Community Family Summer Camp 2020 online along with your children of ages 4 to 12 years old! The summer camp provides a set of fun activities that can help you and your family engage both your athletic and creative sides.
For registration and more info click here
MIA Online
Qatar museums are now open to limited public and tickets have to be purchased in advance on the QM website.
You may also access the collection online which includes masterpieces of Islamic art, metalwork, ceramics, jewelry, woodwork, and much more from three continents dating from the 7th to the 19th century.
For collection and info, click here
For educational activities to try at home for kids, click here
