Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani

Sheikh Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani (born 1960 in Doha) He is a member of the Qatari royal family and the grandson of the former Emir of Qatar is a Qatari artist, collector, researcher, and educator in the field of modern art from the Arab world, India, and Asia. His multi-billion dollar art collection is one of the most valuable and extensive in the Middle East. He is Vice Chairperson of Qatar Museums Authority, Advisor for Cultural Affairs at Qatar Foundation and founder of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.

In 2013, he was elected Chair of the International Council of Museums Arab Countries Alliance (ICOM-ARAB). He then decided to build his own collection and expand his knowledge of Arab modern art by sponsoring and promoting Arab artists.

Collection In 1986, Sheikh Hassan started his own collection. The first artwork he bought was an upside-down pyramid by a Doha-born painter named Yousef Ahmad. Twenty-six years on, his collection has grown to 6000 artworks worth billions of dollars, acquired mostly from Qatari, Lebanese, Egyptian, Syrian and Iraqi artists. Today, his collection covers all phases of modern art in the Middle East from the 1840s to the present. The center's main area is the translation of documents, and in September 2024, it published the third volume of British documents preserved in the Indian Archives.

Mathaf When he started his collection, Sheikh Hassan's initial plan was to create an institution that would look after his collection and exhibit it to scholars, students and art lovers.

Hereditary titles Sheikh (House of Thani)