Qatar: Close to My Soul is a powerful exhibition offering a poetic journey into the heart of Qatar’s past and present through its art. Curated by Fatima Mostafawi, this exhibition draws from the personal collection of Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani, showcasing artworks from the late 1960s onward.

Spanning several decades, this remarkable display explores the diversity, evolution, and thematic richness of Qatari visual culture. The exhibition highlights a wide range of Qatari artists and movements, illustrating how different generations have shaped the country’s modern and contemporary artistic identity.

The exhibition is divided into three thematic sections. The first of these, O’mri Qatar, explores how artists draw inspiration from traditional architectural and natural landscape. The second, Dewdrops, features works portraying society, and the third, Boundless Expanse, presents various experiments in abstraction and hurruffiya, an art form incorporating Arabic letterforms. Through the exhibited works, texts and archival material, visitors will gain a deeper insight into the history of modern and contemporary art in Qatar.