Public art, landmarks, and installations worth seeking out.
Maman
Louise Bourgeois's nine-metre spider of marble, bronze and stainless steel.
Doha
Mina District
Pastel waterfront lanes at Old Doha Port — cruise terminal, Box Park containers and Chabrat Al Mina fish market.
My Inner Peace by Noura Al Mansoori
A façade turned into a meditation on stillness and finding one's place.
Perceval
Sarah Lucas's life-size bronze shire horse grazing in Aspire Park.
Pouce
César's giant thumb at a crossroads in Souq Waqif.
Qatar National Library
Rem Koolhaas's diamond-shaped library — shelves rising from the floor and a Heritage Library of rare Arab manuscripts.
Seeroo fi al ardh
M.F. Husain's final installation — a 20-minute show on human progress in Education City.
Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Centre
Fanar's spiral landmark near Souq Waqif — mosque, cultural centre and introduction to Qatari life for visitors.
Small Lie
KAWS's wooden marionette figure at Hamad International Airport.
Smoke
Tony Smith's 24-foot aluminium lattice near the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center.
Sofles Mural, Mina District
A futuristic figure, Gulf patterns and a single fish — old Qatar meeting the new city at the water's edge.
The Force of Nature II
Lorenzo Quinn's bronze figure swirling a hoop of wind at Katara Amphitheatre.
The Miraculous Journey
Damien Hirst's fourteen bronze stages of foetal development outside Sidra Medicine.
The Old Palace at NMoQ
Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim's early twentieth-century residence — restored heart of the National Museum of Qatar.
Zekreet Fort and Mosque
Beach-rock fort and early twentieth-century mosque on Qatar's western coast — near Richard Serra's desert plates.
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