Qatar Museums to Build a Permanent Pavilion for Gerhard Richter

Doha Pavilion has been designed by Gerhard Richter as a free-standing work of art and architecture housing a distinct body of his paintings and sculpture. Selldorf Architects worked with the artist to realise his vision for the project, which will be located in Doha’s MIA Park, the expansive public space outside the Museum of Islamic Art.Doha Pavilion will be unveiled on 20 November 2026 on the eve of the opening of Rubaiya Qatar, the nation’s new contemporary art quadrennial.

Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums said, “Qatar’s ambitious programme of public art installations has been developed through our relationships with outstanding figures in contemporary art. It is an extraordinary pleasure now to work with an artist recognised as one of the greatest of his generation, Gerhard Richter, whose unprecedented Doha Pavilion enriches both our public artworks and the international cultural landscape.”

With a career spanning from the 1960's to the present, Gerhard Richter has pursued a diverse and influential practice that has explored and expanded the formal and conceptual possibilities of art and the ways in which we relate to images. His vast body of work, which includes paintings, objects, installations, works on paper, editions, and photographic documentation, is grounded in deeply nuanced investigations of history, memory, and perception.

Main Image: Interior rendering of Doha Pavilion Gerhard Richter. Photo: © Selldorf Architects.