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Separate institutions, one umbrella
Qatar Museums runs the Museum of Islamic Art and Mathaf, its modern Arab art museum, as distinct institutions.
The study
03 · The long view
What becomes of today’s choices in 2064?
The future of public and private art institutions in underlooked geographies — who funds them, who governs them and whose work survives.
The institutions of 2064 are being financed today.
Founders, states and new collector classes are deciding what enters the record. There is no single institutional model these ecosystems must follow.
Different models, different choices
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Separate institutions, one district
Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District places M+ near the Hong Kong Palace Museum.
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A universal museum
The Louvre Abu Dhabi displays objects across eras and cultures side by side.
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Living traditions
Across Africa and South Asia, contemporary artists work directly from inherited forms, blurring the line between historical and contemporary.
Questions that stay open.
- 01Do heritage and contemporary art share institutions, or live apart?
- 02Who funds them, and who governs them?
- 03How do institutions turn visitors into patrons, and patrons into founders?
One part of this longer arc is the next generation: how institutions welcome young visitors today influences who will value and defend them decades from now.