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MANZAR: Art And Architecture From Pakistan 1940s To Today National Museum of Qatar | NMoQ 1 November 2024–31 January 2025 Doha
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The future Art Mill Museum is organising a major exhibition on art and architecture from Pakistan from the 1940s to the present day. Originated in Arabic, the word ‘Manzar’ (منظر) in Urdu can be translated to mean a scene, a view, a landscape or a perspective, highlighting the extraordinary vitality of the diverse art scenes in Pakistan and its diasporas.

A selection of approximately 200 paintings, drawings, photographs, videos, sculptures, installations, tapestries and miniatures present multifaceted modernities and contemporary practices. Tracing divergent narratives, perspectives, histories and presents, this multidisciplinary exhibition will focus on the deep engagement of artists and architects in continuity and discontinuity, and in the transference of knowledge, resilience and continued ecological concerns.

Spanning over eight decades, this groundbreaking exhibition traces how artists and architects have forged diverse personal and political languages, in dialogue or disjunction with regional styles and international art and world histories.

The interconnections with scenes, individuals and communities in the subcontinent and on a global scale are testament to the strength of art withstanding imposed and desired divisions or movements.

The land that is geographically defined as present-day Pakistan is an ancient one, even while the country is young. New commissioned artworks, performances and talks will be part of a vibrant public programme.

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The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) is a landmark museum in Doha that weaves Qatar’s natural history and modern nationhood into an immersive visitor experience inside Jean Nouvel’s iconic ‘desert rose’ building.

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Doha
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Thursday, 9am– 9pm
Friday, 1:30pm–7pm
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Doha Museum Park Street
National Museum of Qatar NMoQ contemporary art institution in Doha Qatar
National Museum of Qatar | NMoQ
Museum Park Street, Doha, Qatar
+974 4452 5555
https://nmoq.org.qa/en/

Opening hours
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday,
9am–7pm
Closed Tuesday

Thursday, 9am– 9pm
Friday, 1:30pm–7pm
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