Damien Hirst, Relics
QM Gallery, Al Riwaq Doha, Quatar 2013–2014
Client: Qatar Museums Authority
Caruso St John Architects designed the installation of Damien Hirst’s exhibition Relics at the Qatar Museums Authority’s exhibition space in Doha. The retrospective show of the artist’s work was a larger version of the one first shown at Tate Modern in 2012 and contained many of his most famous works.
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Caruso St John have worked on the exhibition design for the most comprehensive survey of Damien Hirst’s work ever shown and his first exhibition in the Middle East. The exhibition is presented by the Quatari Museums Authority and will be on display until January 2014 at ALRIWAQ DOHA exhibition space.
Credits
Location
Doha, Quatar
Date
2012-2014
Area
3,970 m²
Client
Qatar Museums Authority
Caruso St John Architects
Adam Caruso, Peter St John
Project architects
Elseline Bazin, Timo Keller
Executive architect
Interspace
Gulf Contracting
Structural engineer
Interspace
Services engineer
Interspace
Main contractor
Interspace
Exhibition photography
Prudence Cuming Associates
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