Dr. Amin Jaffer is Director of The Al Thani Collection, an encyclopedic holding of more than 5,000 works of art spanning millenia. Dr. Jaffer, whose academic and curatorial work focuses on the meeting of European and Asian cultures, is acting as one of the Artistic Directors for the second Islamic Arts Biennale, which is currently underway in Jeddah and will run until May 2025.
Jaffer oversaw the creation of The Al Thani Collection museum space at the Hôtel de la Marine, Paris, which opened to critical acclaim in November 2021. Since its inception, the space has presented exhibitions in partnership with prestigious institutions such as the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon; the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca D’Oro, Venice; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
