Sophia Al-Maria: Invisible Labors Daydream Therapy Exhibition

Events Details

This is the Qatari American artist’s first large-scale museum exhibition in the Middle East. For this multimedia exhibition, Al-Maria (b. 1983) – who coined the term ‘Gulf Futurism’ – invites various artists, curators, scholars, and communities into a dialogue around histories, dreams, futures, and the Gulf’s relation to the surrounding regions.

Date:

• 16 September 2022 – 21 January 2023

Museums' Timings:

• Saturday to Thursday: 9 am - 7 pm
  Fridays: 1:30 - 7 pm

Location: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha

The exhibition consists of a variety of media including installations, video, and commissioned soundscapes, all of which foreground the importance of storytelling as a strategy of survival, imagination, and reclaiming stories.

The exhibition is curated by researcher and independent curator Amal Al Haag in close collaboration with Mathaf's assistant-curator Abdulrahman Mohammed Alkubaisi. And part of a series of programmes scheduled for Qatar-MENASA 2022 Year of Culture.

To know more about this event, visit the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art's website.

Special operating hours will be in effect from 1 November–20 December. Please note that the information is subject to change and may be updated at any time.

Sunday through Saturday: 10 am – 8 pm

Note: Last entry to museums and galleries is 30 minutes prior to closure.

The permanent collection galleries at Mathaf will be closed until 10 November. The entire museum will be closed to the public on the following Education City Stadium match days:

• Tuesday 22 November
• Thursday 24 November
• Saturday 26 November
• Monday 28 November
• Wednesday 30 November
• Friday 2 December
• Thursday 6 December
• Friday 9 December

Related:

• Taysir Batniji: No Condition is Permanent exhibition
• "One Tiger or Another" Exhibition

Source and image credit: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art