Bait Muzna Gallery [19]
Street Al-Saidiya St Extras Old Muscat
Phone: +968 2473 9204
About
Muscat has one fully independent commercial gallery, the Bait Muzna gallery, located in a three-story traditional house, previously inhabited by a member of the Royal Family. It was renovated in recent years under the auspices of Sayyida Susanna or Susan Al Said and her daughter Muzna, who are affiliated to the Royal family. It now it is an attractive gallery space, with an informal character, rather in line with the general feel of Oman's cultural life. It caters to the local market, selling work by both established and emerging artists from Oman, and by artists from other parts of the Arab world. The works are of a distinctive quality, but the hectic, mundane scene of Dubai's art world seems a world apart, even if Dubai is at most a six-hour drive away. Gallery [19]