Years of Culture

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2022/05/18 - 2022/05/22

MENART Fair of Modern and Contemporary Art

Paris, France

On the occasion of the State of Qatar's participation in the second exhibition of the MENART Fair in Paris, His Excellency Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al-Thani, the ambassador of the State of Qatar to France, yesterday evening, inaugurated, in the presence of several Arab ambassadors in Paris, the Qatari pavilion with the participation of the art gallery Eiwan Al-Qassar which is exhibiting some of the outstanding artistic, cultural, regional and local achievements of the State of Qatar.

A bright corridor with a tiled patterned floor and skylight ceiling, with artworks on display along the walls.
Four officials wearing suits stand in a row in front of contemporary artworks at MENART in Paris.

Within the framework of the exhibition, the art gallery Eiwan Al Gassar is exhibiting a selection of works of art by three unique talented Qatari visual artists: Hanadi Al-Darwish, Fatma Al-Shibani and Ali Dasmal Al-Kuwari. The ambassador Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al-Thani, accompanied by Madame Laure d'Hauteville, the administrator of the MENART Fair, reaffirmed the wish of the State of Qatar, through its participation in this event, to increase its cultural and artistic relations with the French Republic and to consolidate the bonds of friendship between the two countries. His Excellency also stated that its participation reflected the rise of Qatari art and its growth out of the local domain into the Arab domain and thence into the international arena.

10th Anniversary

A decade goes by quickly when you’re greeting the world.

This is the 10th Year of Culture. So many new ideas and collaborations have been created over the past decade from Qatar-Japan in 2012 until now, when for the first time, we're partnering with an entire region - MENASA. Here’s to many more years of connecting with old friends and friends to be.

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