• Ghada Amer’s ‘100 words of love’. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
    Ghada Amer’s ‘100 words of love’. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
  • Saudi artist Manal Al Dowayan’s ‘Suspended Together’. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
    Saudi artist Manal Al Dowayan’s ‘Suspended Together’. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
  • A shot of the gallery with Hassan Bin Mohammed Al Thani’s ‘Destabilisation’ on left. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
    A shot of the gallery with Hassan Bin Mohammed Al Thani’s ‘Destabilisation’ on left. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
  • Cai Guo-Qiang’s ‘Ninety-Nine Horses'. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
    Cai Guo-Qiang’s ‘Ninety-Nine Horses'. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
  • Yan Pei-Ming’s ‘Spring Winter Summer Fall: Modernity Identity’, a remarkable collection of portraits of key players in the Arab Spring. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
    Yan Pei-Ming’s ‘Spring Winter Summer Fall: Modernity Identity’, a remarkable collection of portraits of key players in the Arab Spring. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
  • ‘Undercurrent’ by Mona Hatoum. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority
    ‘Undercurrent’ by Mona Hatoum. Courtesy Fundación Banco Santander / Qatar Museums Authority

Arab expressions — Qatar’s art collection on show in Spain

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Most of the works in this substantial exhibition of Arab art have been loaned to the Spanish gallery by the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha — 160 artworks in total as well as pieces from other Qatari museums.

About 30 artists are represented, from Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait and more. The exhibition includes portraits, sculptures, and video installations.

Crucially, it includes works from artists such as Mona Hatoum, Amal Kenawy and Manal Al Dowayan — people dedicated to examining the challenges facing the Arab world today. It also has pieces from artists outside the region such as Yan Pei-Ming who have focused on the Arab world.

• Looking at the World Around: Contemporary Works from Qatar Museums runs at the Santander Art Gallery in Madrid until June 19. For more information visit www.fundacionbancosantander.com

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