Saw a sign for a museum near St Pancras, the usual M in a portico iconography and absentmindedly thought “متحف” (matHaf, the Arabic for museum). I’ve not had need for that bit of vocabulary for going on thirty years and yet it pops up unbidden while I’m wandering around London.

Memory is odd.

Mathaf to present exhibition on Baghdad Modern Art Group

www.qatar-tribune.com/article/2564...

Heading to Mathaf for a screening of Waël Shawky’s Drama 1882

An Egyptian Family Gazbia Sirry • 1955
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern
Art #.artoftheday

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k͇ͩa̐͋ĕ̆l̻ͨiͦͅn̝ͣ ̴̣w̸ͦí̘l̇͜s̃ͨoͫ̐n̷̠-̧ͭǵ͟o̱͕l̄̓dͩ͊i̗͊e̳̳ ͐̄õ͉n̏̀ ̅͟m̜̾a̮͘t̞͖h̀͝a̐́f͕̥ ͨ̽&̶̎ ̽̕m̳̍y̥̖sͣͮtͩͪḙ̍r͈̭i̶̙o̳͢u̼̪s̫͍ ̞͘j́͠a͑͡w͏̵a̤̠d̲̃ ̞͠sͨ̆e͚ͦl̇͗i͙͋m̺͛ ̺̕t̂̚e̾͘c̈́͋h̢͒n̢̰i̗ͪq̺͖ṷ̳ē̒ ̴ͮo̾͒uͤ̌r̹̈́ ͐̈́c̪̠o͍̚n͉̅sͩ̈ẹ̏r̟̿v̺͂a̚͝t̾͘o̒͞r̞̕ŝ͡ ͥ̋h̙͉ǎ̙ḋ̘ ͖͌t̹͒o̷͞ ̣́r̝ͦè̝a̿͢l̫̋i̻͗g̤ͬn̼ͪ ͇̝m͕ͅy̰̅ ̡͝c̴̞o̬̳m͟͠m̸̓i͏̃t͙̎m̨͂e͗̔n̢͔t̳̦s͓̫ ̅͏a̰̣n̸ͬd̺ͯ ͧ̀a͌ͅc̩ͅc̳̚e̫̍p̋ͮt̜ͩ ̸ͪt̴̫h̩̳e̱̘ ͙̏f̬̻a̯̲t̩̆i̓̂g̟̀u̘͡ḙ͍ ̮͂a͕͡s̷̝ ͥ͝ȁ̗ ͙͓b̭́r̶̝a̟̖n͈̋d̛̑ ̸͠E̎̓sͧ̈c̷̮ḙ̕n̳̈́t̊̍i͓͌a͖̹l͋͟ ̈́̇E̹̦s̓͡s͛̊eͥ͂n̳̽ç̌e͍ͥs̵͘.ͮͤ

'Retrato de Mohamed Darouich al Allousi'
Creación de 1924.
Técnica: Óleo sobre lienzo.
Dimensiones: 89,2 × 59,5 cm.
Ubicación: Mathaf: Museo Árabe de Arte Moderno, Doha, Qatar.
Autor: Abdul Qadir Al Rassam (otomano / iraquí, 1882-1952)
#arts #paintings

It's "Horus and Anubis in Islamic Cairo" by Janne Schäfer and Kristine Agergaard from 2006. I couldn't find much about it but it was exhibited in the exposition "Tea with Nefertiti". Here, you see it in context:

s̥͢è̢e͕ͦ ̮̕s̰̃n̝͊é̡ạ͠ḱ̤ ͐͞p̦̐e̼͗eͥͯk̪͢ ̸̐s̝͂t̸̮i̸ͣl̤͌ĺ̜ ̭ͩf̩̌r̨̋o̙͒m̿̓ ̭̾ṫ͎i̬̋ġ͓e̼̙ř̇ ͈̍s̎͆ẗ̠r̐̚i͔ͬk̠ͮe͇̾ ̲ͣr͉̠é̳d̛̲ ̞ͣ2̊̚0̘ͣ2̵̇2̊̚ ̺͆i̙͋n̬̓ ̧̟p̜̔ḁ͎v͓͆i͕̝l̟̼l͗̋i̧̯o̻͌n̐ͅ ͓̕o̿̊f̺̼ ̰ͩà͍p͉̑p̆̉l̘̈i̫͚e̫ͭd̑͛ ͒̓a̽̂r̵̆t̞́s̳̐ ̫̕s͈ͥh̦̎o̢ͮt̫̺ ͭ̀v͕̟a̲̎ḷ͝e̪͔n̘̉tͮ͠i͔ͯņ͢ẹ̷’̵͈s̱̪ ̊ͣd̖̮a͘̚y̿̍ ̡ͪiͥ̚n͒͟ ͓̟t̝̚h̀ͣe̠͆ ͏̖m͊̚a͇͟ť̚h͕͒a̹͝f̌͜ ͧ͢o̘ͭf͂͠f͍͝i̛͍c̳̃e͇͟s̗̳.̷̋

One of hus big things is illustrating poetry. The qatari Mathaf recently put out a big retrospective coffee table book withh much of his art and some essays, i’d highly recommend it.

Ď͎è̢ȧ͇d͓͟ ̈ͮä̢́t̶ͦ ̥̂t̵͗h̭͌e͊̓ ̌̕m̨̢a̟̱t͘͟h̅͝a̍͠f̞̤ ̟̒s͍̗ỉ̜t͙͇e̅ͅ.̳̺

Feed: "Artforum"
By: Polly Watson on Thursday, May 21, 2026

The organizers of Art Basel Qatar have tapped Wassan Al-Khudhairi, a specialist in modern and contemporary Arab art and the onetime founding director of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, to serve as artistic director of the 2027 edition.
www.artforum.com/news/wassan-...

Iraqi curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi (Founding Director of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art) has been named Artistic Director of the next Art Basel Qatar (28-30 Jan 2027). Curatorial theme is ‘between' mr34py7j

Art Basel Qatar Taps Former Mathaf Director Wassan Al-Khudhairi to Shape 2027 Fair
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-basel-qatar-artistic-director-wassan-al-khudhairi-2027-1234786338/

Fondatrice et toute première directrice du Mathaf : Arab Museum of Modern Art en 2010 à Doha, elle succède à l’artiste Wael Shawky.
Par Alexandre Crochet.

■場所の名前の型 [ma-]
・「ミュージアム」[matHaf]
・「キッチン」　[ma_tbaKh]
・「モスク」　　[masjid]
・「オフィス」　[maktab]
・「入門／基本」[mabda']
　
・「入門／基本」[mabaadi'] 複数
#単数形の型 #ミーム

A͋̄T̬̈ ̡͗D͖͂O͓̚H̲̚A̓̆S̢ͬ ̲̮M̃͐À̺T̺̈H͉̳A͑̅F̪͌ ͧ͢M̈͘Uͯ̓S̷̲Eͧ̐ṲͥM̰͞ ͇̪|̸̚ ͎ͣA̳̙R͏̅T́̀I̜͒N͉͗F̷ͫOͥ̎.̇̂

n̥̒i̮͈l̝̏e͉͋ ̴̢s̯̍l̰ͦu̵ͅdͥ͐g̒́e̸͢ ͓̈́k͝ͅå͔e̗ͫl̨̈́ȇ͟n̲ͨ ͕̄w̩͡i̋͐lͦ̓ș̴oͣ̔ń͖-̀̾ġ̯ó̯l͂̾d̀ͨí̏e̖͆ ͕̊ő̃n͟͢ ͨ͟m͆̾a͂̾t̢͡h̅͡à̞f̺̬ ̧̥&̗͔ ̪̽m͖͝yͤ̈ṣ̶t͉̰e͖͜r̨̬i͂͌oͤ̕u͏ͅş̼ ̫̪jͬ͊a͂͂w̭͋aͬ̊d͚̋ ͎͙s̢̺e̛̹l̓͞i̼͒m̘͛ ̛̻t̜̄e̛̯c͎̣h͔ͨn͗͢í̥q̨͛ṵ̢e̘͒ ̸͛o̽ͣư͆ŕ̟ ̌͝c͕̩o̟̕n͛̏s͇̿e͊̂r̼͌v͚́ã̵t̘͙o̳̦r̞͞s̯̰ ̮̏h̄̐a̗͛d̙ͧ ̺ͤt̟̋o͍͌ ͈̜b͐̑e̫ͭ ͯ͒b̓̒o͎ͨṭ̐h̊͛ ͙̀t̤̚h̜ͮe̛͒ ̀̓lͥ͠í̴m͂̋i͙̹t̫̳s̻͕ ̍͠o̾̔f̧̋ ̀̚ṭ͉h̳͝e̠̽ ̛̞ÿ̴́e̔̅à͋r̖̍ ͢͢s͎̿ųͅr̮̍r̷̓oͩ̂ų̻n͟͞d͚͢iͥͅn̷͑g̿̓ ͎ͣ9̱͠/̢͌1̢̅1̦͞.̨̢

An exhibition making its European debut in Belgium centers on Palestinian artists, bringing together works that examine censorship, exile and political repression in the contemporary art world.

www.urgentmatter.press/palestinian-...