Middle East Business: Qatar unveils new format of arts and culture programme – Gulf Digital News

Middle East Business: Qatar unveils new format of arts and culture programme – Gulf Digital News

Qatar has announced an all-new format for arts and culture programming across the country, with the transformation of Qatar Creates from a limited period of events into a year-round national cultural movement.

Qatar Creates will now be the all-embracing vehicle that curates, promotes, and celebrates the diversity of cultural activities in Qatar, with an unprecedented schedule of high-profile events, exhibitions, live shows, and openings, all geared toward the start of the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022™, and beyond.

The new format Qatar Creates and overview of Qatar's cultural offerings for autumn 2022 were announced by Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums and the Doha Film Institute and co-chair of Fashion Trust Arabia.

The unprecedented autumn schedule features 17 exhibitions across five museums and five creative hubs, 10 high-profile events, three live festivals, 15 Qatar Creates lounges and over 80 public art installations across the country.

Sheikha Al Mayassa said: "As the countdown intensifies toward the opening of the World Cup, we are delighted to share a picture of autumn 2022 in Doha, when the calendar will be overflowing with museum exhibitions, premier fashion events, spectacular music and theatre experiences, and eye-opening previews of the exciting cultural future