M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District (WestK) in Hong Kong, is pleased to announce that its critically acclaimed Special Exhibition I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture opened yesterday, 30 October 2025, at ALRIWAQ in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The exhibition is on view until Saturday, 14 February 2026. Presented in collaboration with Qatar Museums (QM) and organised by M+, the Doha presentation marks the second stop of the exhibition’s world tour, following its successful presentations at M+ in Hong Kong and Power Station of Art (PSA) in Shanghai.

I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture was initiated and organised by M+, curated by Shirley Surya, Curator, Design and Architecture, M+ and Aric Chen, Director, Zaha Hadid Foundation, London, and first held in Hong Kong from June 2024 to January 2025, attracting more than 225,000 visitors. Its first stop outside Hong Kong at PSA, from April to August 2025, welcomed more than 163,000 visitors. The Shanghai presentation was extended by two weeks due to the overwhelming public response.

To celebrate the launch of the Doha exhibition, QM hosted an opening event on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, officiated by Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums. Guests in attendance were Bernard Chan, Chairman of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; Betty Fung, Chief Executive Officer, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; Sheikha Reem Al Thani, Acting Deputy CEO of Exhibitions, Public Art, and Rubaiya Qatar at Qatar Museums; Shaika Nasser Al-Nassr, Director of the Museum of Islamic Art; Catherine Grenier, Director of Concept for the future Art Mill Museum; Doryun Chong, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, M+; Veronica Castillo, Director, Collection and Exhibition, M+; Li Chung (Sandi) Pei, son of I. M. Pei, architect, Partner and Founder of PEI Architects; and the exhibition co-curators Shirley Surya, Curator, Design and Architecture, M+ and Aric Chen, Director, Zaha Hadid Foundation, London.

For more information please visit the M+ website or the Qatar Museums page.

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