Qatar Creates Unveils Stunning Activities, Concerts, and Exhibitions
Qatar Creates is preparing to welcome local and international audiences to Qatar Creates Week, a celebration of art, culture, and fashion running from October 23 to October 29 in partnership with Audi and Qatar Airways, as part of an incredible lineup of events planned around the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM.
The Qatar Creates Week program will launch Qatar Creates program for the World Cup and beyond with a range of captivating cultural experiences that include renowned art exhibitions, public art installation debuts, amazing fashion events, and enlightening public debates.
Qatar Creates, an organization headed by Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, presents regional and international talent to the world. Her Excellency made the following remarks regarding Qatar Creates Week:
"Qatar Creates is created to nurture and encourage talent in the creative industries of Qatar and the region, resulting in significant and authentic cultural experiences. We are honored to collaborate with notable figures in the arts and fashion to create this one-of-a-kind experience, which will definitely have a lasting effect on our society and community long after the competition is over. This is how we will fulfill our purpose. On this historic occasion, as Qatar assumes its role as the first Arab nation to host the FIFA World Cup, we share with the world our amazing country's art, culture, and tradition with great pride.
"Qatar Creates Week is the opening act to an exciting calendar of events and activities for audiences of all ages, offered throughout Qatar's historic monuments in the coming months," said Saad Al Hudaifi, Executive Director of Qatar Creates. In the run-up to the FIFA World Cup 2022TM, we are grateful for the assistance of our local and international partners in helping Qatar Creates fulfill its purpose to "become a platform that presents compelling ideas and exciting voices in a communal celebration of arts and culture."
Several eagerly awaited exhibitions will debut in Doha as part of the Qatar Creates Week program, including "Lusail Museum: Tales of a Connected World," which will be accessible to the public at Qatar Museums (QM) Gallery - Al Riwaq on October 24. It gives a sneak peek at the upcoming Herzog & de Meuron-designed Lusail Museum, which is now being built in Lusail. Similar to this, on October 24, the "Art Mill Museum 2030 Exhibition" will debut at the Art Mill Flour Mills and at Al Najada House 15, showcasing the plans and upcoming locations of the Art Mill Museum before its anticipated launch in 2030.
The public program of Qatar Creates Week will feature a number of prestigious discussion panels on the relationship between art and society that are free to attend and available at the Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, NMoQ, M7, Liwan Design Studios and Lab, and MIA. The importance of art in promoting environmental protection will be discussed on a panel titled "Art(ifice), Activism, and the Environment" on October 24. It will include Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa and Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Pierpaolo Piccioli, the creative director of Valentino, American artist, and sculptor Elizabeth Turk, model Naomi Campbell, and many more prominent panelists will also be speaking during the week.
'Forever Valentino,' the Maison's largest exhibition to date and its first showing in the Middle East, will debut to round out Qatar Creates Week.
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