November 21, 2008
AFRICA & MIDEAST | QATAR | DOHA
Will Doha’s new museum rival Bilbao’s Guggenheim?
Qatar secures a place on the international art map with tomorrow’s opening of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Designed by starchitect I.M. Pei, the $800-million museum houses 13 centuries’ worth of Islamic artifacts from three continents. Read more about Qatar’s ascent in the art world — and the most buzzed about museum since Bilbao’s Guggenheim — here.
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