The opening of the Jean Nouvel–designed National Museum of Qatar, in Doha, Qatar, marks another step in the country’s mission to set itself apart from its neighbors and solidify its cultural position ...

No one knows how many masterpieces of Western art Qatar has bought. It is reported to have splashed out billions of dollars on works by blue-chip artists: Picasso, Rothko, Matisse, and Cezanné, plus ...

Tasked with creating a multi-layered, experiential museum that engages its visitors and invigorates the senses, Nouvel sought inspiration in the “desert rose,” a flower-like formation that occurs when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “It's not totally crazy. It just seems crazy.” Jean Nouvel, the Pritzker Prize-winning French architect, is describing the system ...

Qatar's ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said Wednesday his country had become "stronger" since the start of a Gulf diplomatic crisis almost two years ago, as he formally opened the country's ...

Museum directors and art-world luminaries from Qatar and around the world came out in force and dropped all kinds of hints about future plans for their institutions. Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim opens ...

On the evening of March 27, as the sun set, bringing a gentle breeze and relief from the day's heat in Doha, more than 700 guests assembled for the inauguration of the National Museum of Qatar, Jean ...