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DOHA, Qatar, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Qatar Museums announced today a collaboration encompassing the exchange of

exhibitions, programs, and scholarly cooperation with New York City's

Metropolitan Museum of Art, on the occasion of the reopening of Doha's

reinstalled and reimagined Museum of Islamic Art, and in celebration of the

tenth anniversary of the opening of The Met's Galleries for the Art of the Arab

Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia. Qatar Museums has

provided a generous gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in recognition

of Qatar's support, a gallery at The Met presenting art from the Umayyad and

Abbasid Periods (7th–13th centuries) has been named the Qatar Gallery.

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The collaboration serves as a legacy project of Qatar Museums' 2021 Year of

Culture programme, which celebrated the strong ties between Qatar and the

United States. As part of the institutions' collaboration, Qatar Museums has

lent works from its renowned collections to The Met for exhibitions – including

Jerusalem in the Middle Ages (2016), Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700:

Opulence and Fantasy (2015), The Great Age of the Seljuks (2016) and Monumental

Journey: The Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey (2019) – and works from The

Met's collection will go on view in Doha on October 26 in the inaugural special

exhibition Baghdad: Eye's Delight at the Museum of Islamic Art.

Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson

of Qatar Museums, said, "The establishment of the Qatar Gallery at The

Metropolitan Museum of Art highlights the collegiality between our institutions

and our desire to advance a crucial goal we hold in common, to heighten

appreciation everywhere for the art of the Islamic world. We are proud to come

together with The Met to honor the beauty, depth, and variety of a global

tradition that spans fourteen centuries."

Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director of The Met, commented: "The Met is

deeply grateful to Qatar Museums for this extraordinary act of generosity. This

gift is the latest instance of the longstanding relationship between our

institutions and marks the start of a broad collaboration encompassing the

exchange of exhibitions, programs, and scholarly cooperation. This critical

support is especially meaningful as we mark the 10th anniversary of the opening

of The Met's renovated galleries, which continue to be a source of great

interest and inspiration for our millions of yearly visitors."

Press Contact:

Alli Steinberg, Polskin Arts: alli.steinberg@finnpartners.com / +1 212 582 2754

SOURCE  Qatar Museums