Maqbool Fida Husain Museum Opening.

Qatar Foundation was opening Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum in Education City, home to more than 150 of the artist's original works and personal objects, with an inauguration ceremony on 27 November 2025 before the public opening the next day. The agency's award entry says the aim was to establish the museum as a landmark from its first night, for 250 high-profile guests.

fischerAppelt conceived the night 'not as an opening ceremony, but as an encounter across time'. According to the agency's entry, an AI-recreated voice of Husain, who died in 2011, guided guests through his life and work, while projection mapping moved animated versions of his paintings across the building, in sync with sound, light, lasers and scent: fragrances referencing India and Qatar were released at set moments. Reception, show, museum tour and gala dinner ran as one continuous experience. Qatar Foundation says its chairperson, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, inaugurated the museum at the ceremony, which ended with the unveiling of a painting bearing Husain's sketch of his concept for the museum.