Olafur Eliasson

The Curious Desert
This volume showcases the first solo exhibition of Olafur Eliassons work in the Gulf region. Text in English and Arabic.

The Curious Desert was the first solo exhibition of Olafur Eliassons work in the Gulf region, staged in March 2023.
The exhibition brought together a dozen new site-specific installations located in the desert, near the Al Thakhira Mangrove in Northern Qatar, and an extensive gallery presentation at the National Museum of Qatar of artworks created over the artists career.
The outdoor installation consisted of 12 temporary pavilions that Eliasson considers to form an artistic laboratory in the desert. Many of the experiments inside the pavilions utilised natural phenomena, such as wind, water, and sunlight, to create artworks that emerged over the course of the day or, as the seasons change, over the duration of the exhibition.
At the National Museum of Qatar, the gallery exhib