Qatar Museums Opens Landmark Pakistani Art and Architecture Survey
From 1 November 2024 to 31 January 2025, Qatar Museums will host 'MANZAR: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today' at the National Museum of Qatar. This exhibition, organized by the upcoming Art Mill Museum, showcases over 200 pieces by Pakistani artists and architects, divided into twelve sections. It includes loans from numerous institutions and private collections, emphasizing artists from the British Raj, themes of Partition, and modernist works. Architectural displays feature contributions from both Western and Pakistani designers. The Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani courtyard will host various outdoor installations. Curators Caroline Hancock, Aurélien Lemonier, and Zarmeene Shah are overseeing the exhibition, which aligns with the third Lahore Biennale and fourth Karachi Biennial.
Key facts
- Exhibition runs 1 November 2024 to 31 January 2025 at National Museum of Qatar
- Organized by future Art Mill Museum in collaboration with National Museum of Qatar
- Over 200 artworks including paintings, drawings, photographs, videos, sculptures, installations, tapestries, miniatures
- Designed by architect Raza Ali Dada across twelve sections
- Loans from Alhamra Art Museum, Pakistan National Council of the Arts, private collections in Pakistan, Dubai, London, New York, and Qatar Museums
- Features artists from British Raj, Partition, modernism, neo-miniature, and diaspora
- Architecture section includes Western and Pakistani architects
- Outdoor installations in Palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani courtyard
Entities
Artists
- Abdur Rahman Chughtai
- Zainul Abedin
- Anna Molka Ahmed
- Zarina
- Bani Abidi
- Shakir Ali
- Zubeida Agha
- Murtaja Baseer
- Sadequain
- Zahoor ul Akhlaq
- Imran Mir
- Rasheed Araeen
- Salima Hashmi
- Quddus Mirza
- Lala Rukh
- Durriya Kazi
- Rashid Rana
- Imran Qureshi
- Risham Syed
- Hamra Abbas
- Shahzia Sikander
- Naiza Khan
- Ruby Chishti
- Huma Bhabha
- Iftikhar Dadi
- Elizabeth Dadi
- Salman Toor
- Basir Mahmood
- Seher Shah
- Khadim Ali
- Yasmeen Lari
- Noorjehan Bilgrami
- Amin Gulgee
- Omer Wasim
- Farida Batool
- Michel Ecochard
- Konstantínos Doxiádis
- Louis Kahn
- Richard Neutra
- Edward Durell Stone
- Nayyar Ali Dada
- Kamil Khan Mumtaz
- Habib Fida Ali
- Arif Hasan
- Raza Ali Dada
- Caroline Hancock
- Aurélien Lemonier
- Zarmeene Shah
- Aebhric Coleman
- Noor Butt
- Deena Hammam
- Farah Al Sidiky
- Kiran Ahmad
- John Tain
- Mohammed Al Rumaihi
- Catherine Grenier
- Ali Kazim
- Noor Ali Chagani
- Seema Nusrat
- Anwar Jalal Shemza
- Aisha Khalid
- Mariah Lookman
- H.M. Naqvi
- David Alesworth
- Ijaz ul Hasan
- Khalid Iqbal
- Bashir Mirza
- Mussarat Mirza
- Nagori
- Jamil Naqsh
- Farid-ud-Din Attar
- Akbar Naqvi
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Ellsworth Kelly
- Ustad Allah Bakhsh
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Constantinos Doxiadis
Institutions
- Qatar Museums
- National Museum of Qatar
- Art Mill Museum
- Alhamra Art Museum
- Pakistan National Council of the Arts
- Heritage Foundation of Pakistan
- Karachi LaJamia
- National College of Art (NCA)
- Beaconhouse National University (BNU)
- Karachi University
- Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS)
- Lahore Biennale
- Karachi Biennial
- Nayyar Ali Dada & Associates
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture
- ArtReview
Locations
- Qatar
- Doha
- Pakistan
- Lahore
- Karachi
- Islamabad
- Rawalpindi
- Dhaka
- Dubai
- London
- New York
- Berlin
- Amsterdam
- Barcelona
- Sydney
- Sindh
- Palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani
- India
- Bangladesh
- United Kingdom
- Australia