'The Rooted Nomad: MF Husain' Exhibition to Open in Qatar on This Date
An immersive celebration of Husain’s global journey arrives at Qatar Museums’ Gallery Katara in a major India-Qatar cultural collaboration.
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An extraordinary exhibition titled The Rooted Nomad – M. F. Husain is set to open in Doha on 28 October 2025, running through to 7 February 2026, at the prestigious Qatar Museums Gallery Katara.
This immersive show—staged in collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in New Delhi—presents a sweeping overview of the life and oeuvre of India’s iconic modernist artist Maqbool Fida Husain (1913–2011).
Titled deliberately as “The Rooted Nomad,” the exhibition reflects Husain’s dual nature: deeply rooted in Indian culture, yet powerfully cosmopolitan and nomadic in spirit. It explores his journey from the mythological and folk traditions of India to his later years living and working abroad.
Curated for a fully immersive, multisensory experience, the Doha version of the exhibition features more than 80 representative works, supplemented with poetry, drawings, photographs, cinema posters and archival materials.
It also builds on the show’s prior presentation at the 2024 La Biennale di Venezia, bringing Husain’s visual language and thematic concerns to a Middle East audience.
For art-lovers in Qatar and the broader Gulf region, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with Husain’s expansive vision, which navigates themes of migration, identity, myth and modernity—within a striking architectural and sensory environment.