{
  "id": 1692636,
  "title": "Katara Art launches new season with two art exhibitions in September",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/katara-art-launches-new-season-with-two-art-exhibitions-in-september",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf Times",
    "slug": "gulf-times",
    "url": "https://www.gulf-times.com/article/731338/qatar/katara-art-launches-new-season-with-two-art-exhibitions-in-september"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Katara Art Center has kicked off its new season with two art exhibitions on September 2, set to run until October 7 at the Cultural Village Foundation headquarters. The season comprises two exhibitions: a group show titled \"Fractures of the Future\" featuring four artists - Samah Azzam, Ahmed Al Jufairi, Moza Al Kuwari, and Fatima Mohammed, as well as a solo exhibition by artist Hessa Al Kuwari named \"The Lounge: What Can a Room Remember.\"\n\nThe group exhibition \"Fractures of the Future\" delves into the artists' perspectives on the future, their reactions to present-day challenges, and their imaginative visions of the future. These artists employ various strategies, including science fiction, systems thinking, oral history, and material experimentation, to explore reimagining the future from multiple and contrasting viewpoints. This exhibition not only anticipates the future but also addresses pressing social, economic, and environmental issues, calling for radical changes.\n\nOn the other hand, \"The Lounge: What Can a Room Remember\" is the first solo exhibition by visual artist Hessa Al Kuwari. This exhibition, through a collection of paintings, photographs, and installations, emphasizes the significance of the living room and the everyday objects, furniture, clothing, and rituals that inhabit such spaces. What might appear ordinary and familiar to the viewer becomes subjects for contemplation and observation in the transformed exhibition space.",
  "summary": "Katara Art Center announced the launch of its new season with two art exhibitions on September 2, which will continue until October 7 at the headquarters of the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara). T...",
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    "Katara Art Center launches new season with two exhibitions in September",
    "\"Fractures of the Future\" group show features four artists",
    "Hessa Al Kuwari's solo exhibition \"The Lounge\" explores living room"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}