{
  "id": 9714409,
  "title": "Sheikha Al Mayassa deepens Years of Culture partnerships in South America",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/sheikha-al-mayassa-deepens-years-of-culture-partnerships-in-south",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T06:01:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/25/09/2026/sheikha-al-mayassa-deepens-years-of-culture-partnerships-in-south-america"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a three-country tour of Argentina, Chile, and Brazil, Sheikha Al Mayassa, Chairperson of Qatar Museums and Founder of the Years of Culture initiative, has deepened cultural partnerships and knowledge exchange between Qatar and South America.\n\nThe tour built upon the Qatar-Argentina and Chile 2025 Year of Culture, as well as the Qatar-Brazil 2014 Year of Culture. It facilitated productive discussions with leaders in business, government, and cultural affairs, showcasing how Year of Culture relationships continue beyond individual programs through institutional collaboration and art presentation to new audiences.\n\nReflecting on the tour during a conversation at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Sheikha Al Mayassa expressed her enthusiasm for furthering these collaborations. She emphasized that culture fosters understanding, builds enduring relationships, and is a crucial aspect of cultural diplomacy, as outlined in the Qatar National Vision 2030.\n\nIn Argentina, Sheikha Al Mayassa engaged in a 25th Anniversary Symposium at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba), alongside Glenn Lowry, former Director Emeritus of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The discussion centered on cultural diplomacy and large-scale projects.\n\nThe visit also included an institutional relationship in Chile, where Sheikha Al Mayassa visited Centro Cultural La Moneda to view the first Latin American presentation of Qatar Museums' exhibition Your Ghosts Are Mine: Expanded Cinemas, Amplified Voices. Meanwhile, in São Paulo, Brazil, she participated in a panel on 'Art, Regeneration and the Global South' at Cidade Matarazzo and met with Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere to discuss further cultural relations. She also attended ArtRio ahead of Rio Art Week.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha: Chairperson of Qatar Museums and Founder of Qatar’s Years of Culture Initiative H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has concluded a three-country tour of Argentina, Chile and Brazil focused on strengthening cultural partnerships and the exchange of knowledge, expertise and artistic perspectives between Qatar and South America.</p> <p>Building on the Qatar-Argentina and…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Peninsula Qatar",
        "title": "Cultural diplomacy creates space for dialogue when politics falters: Sheikha Al Mayassa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/cultural-diplomacy-creates-space-for-dialogue-when-politics-falters",
        "published": "2026-09-25T06:14:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}