Ahmed had studied with Sheikh Shuja Ullah, the last in a family of Mughal court artists, and, in 1982, he had founded a two-year program in miniature painting, the first of its kind.

Artists Pipilotti Rist Is Still Toying With the Fabric of Reality The artist's first survey in the Middle East "Electric Idyll" is now on view at Fire Station Galleries in Doha. Studio still life.