Qatar Museums Celebrates Handball World Championships with New Public Art Pieces

Doha, January 14 (QNA) - Qatar Museums unveiled three new artworks especially commissioned to celebrate the 24th Mens Handball World Championships in Doha. Thanks to collaboration between Qatar Museums and the Qatar 2015 Organizing Committee, the artworks are installed at the Lusail multipurpose hall as part of an ongoing public art programme designed to bring culture to the streets of Doha. The pieces include two murals created by the Qatari artist Mohammed Al Nasif, inspired by different elements of Qatari culture and the countrys development and progress. The second artwork is a large bronze sculpture entitled "The Challenge 2015", and was produced in just five months by the noted Iraqi artist Ahmed Al Bahrani. The third artwork is a "calligraffiti" piece by the renowned Tunisian artist El Seed who blends traditional Arabic c