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== History ==
[[File:Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art at Education City.jpg|thumb|Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art interior in 2011]]
''Mathaf'' (متحف in [[Arabic]]) translates to "museum".<ref name="vscott">{{cite web|url=http://www.qulture.com/guide/mathaf-arab-museum-modern-art-doha|title=MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha|publisher=Qulture|author=Victoria Scott|accessdate=30 November 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915154754/http://www.qulture.com/guide/mathaf-arab-museum-modern-art-doha|archivedate=15 September 2014}}</ref> The initial collection was gathered by Sheikh [[Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani|Hassan bin Mohammed Al Thani]], and [[Qatar Museums
In 2010, the museum opened its doors in the [[Education City|Qatar Foundation's Education City]] in the [[Doha Metropolitan Area]] in a former school building transformed by the French architect Jean-François Bodin.<ref>{{cite web |author=Nicolai Hartvig |date=6 January 2012 |title=Qatar Looks to Balance Its Arts Scene |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/arts/07iht-scdoha07.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> At the time, it was the first museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Clare |title=Review of The three opening exhibition catalogs for Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha: Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art by Nada Shabout, Deena Chalabi and Wassan al-Khudhairi; Interventions: A Dialogue Between the Modern and the Contemporary by Nada Shabout; Told/Untold/Retold: 23 Stories of Journeys Through Time and Space by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath |url=https://amcainternational.org/review-of-arab-museum-of-modern-art/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=Association for Modern + Contemporary Art of the Arab world, Iran + Turkey}}</ref> Artist and former staff member [[Sophia Al Maria|Sophia Al-Maria]] recounts the early intentions of Sheikh Hassan and the founding team as shaping the institution to be a "twenty-first century 'post-museum'...a fledgling term for transparent, interaction-oriented museum models."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Al-Maria |first=Sophia |title=Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art |publisher=Skira |year=2010 |isbn=9788857208169 |location=Milan |pages=43 |chapter=A History of Mathaf}}</ref> The inaugural exhibitions included "Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art," featuring 240 artworks by more than 100 artists curated by [[Nada Shabout]], [[Wassan Al-Khudhairi]], and [[Deena Chalabi]]; "Interventions: A Dialogue Between the Modern and the Contemporary," curated by Nada Shabout; and "Told / Untold / Retold," curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath and featuring newly commissioned works by 23 contemporary artists.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pollack |first=Barbara |date=December 23, 2010 |title=The Arab Modern |work=artnet |url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/pollack/mathaf-arab-museum-of-modern-art-in-doha12-23-10.asp}}</ref>
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