MATAF MUSEUM
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Located near the National Library, invisible from the main road and quite difficult to find, the Arab Museum of Modern Art is nestled in Education City. The Emir's palace is a few kilometers away, holding in its domain the ruins of the Al Wajbah fort where the Turk was defeated. A school is said, rather a shed, was delivered to the expert pencil of a world-renowned specialist, the "renovator" Bodin, architect-transformer of many museums in search of new youth, the Matisse of Nice, the Granet of Aix, the Picasso, the Museum of Modern Art of the city, Pompidou in Paris. A paragon of fluidity and clarity, Jean-François Bodin told the Journal des Arts: "Nothing is monolithic anymore, we are obviously leaving the linear context to enter a system of networks So enter this temple of fresh whiteness, in lethal/radical contrast with the outside bathed in burning dust, and discover, through the temporary exhibitions and Sheikh Hassan's collection, some admirable aspects of the arty tropism of the Qatari leaders. The collection consists of 9,000 paintings and modern artworks collected over the past 30 years from all over the Middle East. Mostly Iraqi and Lebanese paintings from the 1950s to the 1980s are on display, with some paintings from Morocco but very few Qatari works. His store is well-stocked but you can find the same objects as at the IMA. The cafeteria is pleasant with a small outdoor terrace.