Doha, Qatar: Qatar Museums (QM), the nation’s preeminent institution for art and culture, yesterday announced a wide-ranging fall 2026 programme of exhibitions, public art presentations, and initiatives designed to spark global cultural exchange and dialogue.
Featuring openings from September through November, the season includes dozens of exhibitions, including a retrospective survey of the Baghdad Modern Art Group; a presentation of works by renowned Italian contemporary artist Giuseppe Penone; and the Doha debut of Beyti Beytak My Home Is Your Home, an exhibition focused on Arab hospitality that premiered at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
M7, Qatar’s creative hub for fashion, design, and entrepreneurship, will present a suite of exhibitions including the first museum retrospective dedicated to the fashion house ERDEM and an expansive jewellery exhibition bringing together more than 500 objects, almost entirely selected from Qatar Museums’ collections.
Chairperson of Qatar Museums, H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani said, “This new season is a celebration of resilience and creativity across our region and around the globe, showcasing an abundance of artistic and design achievements from centuries past through today. Over the course of three months, we will open more than fifteen standalone exhibitions, present the second edition of Design Doha, and inaugurate our next ambitious undertaking, an international contemporary art quadrennial, Rubaiya Qatar. Each milestone is a testament to the human spirit and a powerful reminder that in times of conflict, it is more important than ever for people to come together through the power of culture.”
Anchors of the fall season are the second edition of the Design Doha biennial, opening on November 6, and Rubaiya Qatar, opening on November 21. This edition of Design Doha brings together participants from across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia for a total of more than 20 related exhibitions led by Arab Design Now 2026, which will feature 81 designers, 78 new commissions, and 15 films.
The inaugural edition of Rubaiya Qatar, QM’s contemporary art quadrennial, will present a dynamic programme of exhibitions, commissions, public art projects, residencies, publications, and more. Its headline exhibition, Unruly Waters, features more than 50 artists from the SWANA region and more than 20 new commissions engaging with the urgent issues of ecological transformation and geopolitical change.
