Abu Dhabi
The new Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be located in the Cultural District of Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Designed by internationally renowned architect Frank Gehry, the 450,000-square-foot museum will house its own major modern and contemporary art collection and present special exhibitions that will include works from the Guggenheim Foundation’s extensive collection. The museum, the largest Guggenheim in the world, will have global art, exhibitions, and education programs with particular focus on Middle Eastern contemporary art. The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi joins other leading international cultural institutions in the unprecedented creation of a vibrant cultural destination for visitors from around the world.
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Two Curators Appointed to the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project
Suzanne Cotter, Curator of Exhibitions, Abu Dhabi Project, and Reem Fadda, Associate Curator for Middle Eastern Art, Abu Dhabi Project, will join members of the Abu Dhabi Project team to develop future exhibition programming for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and to advise on the creation of its art collection focused on international postwar art.
Saadiyat Island
Just 500 meters off the coast of Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island is poised to become a truly special place. The twenty-seven-square-kilometer natural island will be a destination experience of rich depth and diversity, uncommon in our modern world. More
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Premiere Guggenheim Exhibition in Abu Dhabi
The Guggenheim: The Making of a Museum was part of a program of art and cultural development leading up to the opening of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi in 2013. “The presentation of this exhibition is truly an exceptional event that marks an important historic milestone and looks forward to the future,” said Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum. “We celebrate the past, because this exhibition marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, but we also look ahead toward the opening of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. This exhibition is one of the first fruits of the Guggenheim’s exciting collaboration with Abu Dhabi and a sign of the tremendous potential of this partnership.”
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
NEW YORK. VENICE.
BILBAO. BERLIN.
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