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In 1970, the Qatar Cinema & Film Distribution Company (QCFDC) was founded, inaugurating Gulf Cinema in 1972 as the country's first cinema. Gulf Cinema featured a seating capacity of 1,000 spectators and was even expanded with an extra 400 seats during its peak. It would later be closed in 2013 to make space for the Doha Metro. The QCFDC was ...
The project involved the construction of the new National Museum next to the existing Qatar National Museum, which is located across from the Doha Corniche. The museum is designed according to the Bedouin tradition of Qatar. [36] It includes a building in the shape of a desert rose and a 1.2 million ft² landscaped park.
Qatar Museums (formerly the Qatar Museums Authority [1]) was founded in 2005 [2] [3] and is a Qatari government entity that oversees the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, MIA Park, QM Gallery at the Katara Cultural Village, ALRIWAQ DOHA Exhibition Space, the Al Zubarah World Heritage Site Visitor Centre, [4] and archaeological projects throughout Qatar, as well as ...
With coronavirus cases declining as the distribution of vaccinations increase, moviegoing in Los Angles appears ready to rebound. The county is poised to soon enter the orange tier, which requires ...
Greater Los Angeles Area: Art: Part of Pepperdine University, works from the collections of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation: Gallery 825: West Hollywood: Westside: Art: Operated by the Los Angeles Art Association: Gamble House: Pasadena: San Gabriel Valley: Historic house: 1908 Craftsman-style house George Westmore Research Library ...
The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA; Arabic: متحف الفن الإسلامي) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha, Qatar.As per the architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor.
The 5,500-square-meter (59,000-square-foot) museum, located in a former school building in Doha's Education City, has a collection of more than 9,000 artworks, [25] as communicated in 2014, that offers a rare comprehensive overview of modern Arab art, representing the major trends spanning from the 1840s to the present. [26]
The Qatar Museums (QM) Public Art Department is responsible for overseeing the installation of artwork by renowned artists in the public realm in Qatar, creating an artist residency program for young local artists to help them develop their skills, [1] organizing exhibitions featuring international artists and developing an online community of both local and international creative talents.