ALRIWAQ, Qatar Museums Authority, Doha, Qatar
10 October 2013 – 22 January 2014
At the end of October 2013, my day job took me to Doha in Qatar, where I took the opportunity to stay with a good friend and research the culture in greater depth. This was primarily for the purpose of field research in advance of expanding the company’s operations there. As we took a car tour of the city, we drove passed the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and the sight of the QM Gallery, Al Riwaq in front of MIA Park completely took me aback. I immediately made plans to return to the city that Christmas, for a personal visit, when I would spend a day at the gallery…