Abu Dhabi
The new Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum 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 Museum joins other leading international cultural institutions in the unprecedented creation of a vibrant cultural destination for visitors from around the world.
On View Now
The Guggenheim: The Making of a Museum
November 17, 2009–February 4, 2010This exhibition, which includes a selection of more than fifty paintings drawn from the museum’s holdings, simultaneously provides an introduction to the early history of the Guggenheim collection and the history of abstract art in the West from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century.
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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New Major Art Event in Abu Dhabi
This November, Abu Dhabi will host the first annual Abu Dhabi Art. In addition to exhibitions, performances, and an art fair, this major art event will feature displays from Middle Eastern, European, and American galleries, many of which have never before presented works in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Large-scale installations by Arabic artists as well as various multimedia performances will complement the showings of contemporary Middle Eastern art and selected contemporary masterpieces from Europe, America, and Asia. Concurrently, visitors will be able to attend lectures, educational events, galas, and private tours of both Abu Dhabi Art and cultural landmarks.
Abu Dhabi Art (November 19–22) is supported by the Abu Dhabi government under the patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and was initiated and organized by the Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) and the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH).