Arts & Culture Listings RECOMMENDS
Museum Guide
For a complete list of timings visit www.qma.org.qa/en/exhibitions
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art Education City 4402-8855 mathaf_info@qma.org.qa www.mathaf.org.qa Open: Tuesday to Sunday Closed: Mondays
Museum of Islamic Art & Park The Corniche 4422-4444 infomia@qma.org.qa www.mia.org.qa Open: Wednesday to Monday Closed: Tuesdays
KATARA Al Dabke Festival
April 3-5: Building 15 Hall, Katara Amphitheater & Katara Esplanade. The Al Dabke Festival highlights the historical and cultural richness of Arabic folkloric across many countries. The aim is to showcase dabke and its diversity through workshops, exhibitions and three shows in the amphitheater. The idea is to make history by breaking the current world record for the largest dabke gathering through the Guinness Book of World Records. The event will be showcased to a minimum of 20,000 people in total. Runs from 10:00 a.m. till 10:00 p.m. For more information visit www.katara.net.
ONE OF A KIND
EVERY WEEK
QATAR PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony
MATHAF Etel Adnan in All Her Dimensions
April 19: Building 16, Katara Opera House. Han-Na Chang, music director; Lilya Zilberstein, piano. Performing Jamal Abou El-Hosn’s Overture, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74. Tickets available at Virgin Megastores or online at tickets. virginmegastore.me or at the Katara Opera House box office. For more information visit www.qatarphilharmonicorchestra.org.
Ongoing: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition of the work of LebaneseAmerican visual artist, poet, playwright and essayist Etel Adnan in All Her Dimensions, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Similar to nature consisting of many dimensions, the artistic and literary oeuvre of Etel Adnan contains many different aspects. Through the exploration of this artist’s multidimensionality, the exhibition will highlight the diversity in her work. Providing an extensive overview, the display at Mathaf will include Adnan’s paintings, drawings, leporellos, tapestries, writings and films from the 1960s onwards. For more information visit www.mathaf.org.
Shuttle Service
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Ongoing: Have you hopped on the Mathaf Bus yet? Sponsored by Occidental Petroleum of Qatar (Oxy Qatar), the Mathaf bus connects cultures on the hour and operates between the Museum of Islamic Art and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. The free shuttle service operates from Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. It takes about 25 to 35 minutes to reach either museum. For more information visit www.mathaf.org.
ALRIWAQ DOHA
Museum of Islamic Art Park 4452-5555 Open: Same days as Museum of Islamic Art
QMA Gallery
Building 10, Katara, Cultural VIllage 4408-1255 qmagallery@qma.org.qa Open: Monday--Saturday & Sunday Closed: Fridays
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