POP CULTURE BOOST

As you’re waiting to re-enter the world of travel consider these two destinations for a pop culture jolt.

In Tinseltown, America, cinefiles can immerse in movies at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which opened this past fall. The grandiose cinema vault in Los Angeles draws on the unique resources of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Inside the nearly 30,000-square-metre film fortress, located near the favourite celebrity hangout, The Grove, there are permanent and temporary exhibitions, plus a multisensory simulation that let visitors re-enact the famous Oscars night with their own Academy Award ceremony. academymuseum.org/en

For Jeff Koons fans, a visit to Qatar this winter or early spring will offer a look at the whimsical renditions from the ’80s contemporary artist whose work is being celebrated at the Qatar Museums Gallery—al Riwaq in Doha. Jeff Koons: Lost in America is the artist’s first exhibition in the Gulf region, and yes, there’s a Mona Lisa tribute being featured in his piece called, Gazing Ball (2016). qm.org.qa/en/visit/museumsand-galleries/al-riwaq/