Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be completed in 2025

The Abu Dhabi Ministry of Culture and Tourism (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced that the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum is expected to be completed in 2025.

The Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi will become part of Abu Dhabi’s thriving community of cultural institutions and is the latest work of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s international museum group. The Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi will become an outstanding museum in the region, dedicated to showcasing modern and contemporary art and programs around the world.

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will promote cultural exchanges, and its mission is to promote and inspire a broad vision of art history. The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi showcased a global collection with a special focus on West Asia, North Africa and South Asia (WANASA), promoting a deeper understanding of how different artistic perspectives shape the interconnected history and culture of our time. UAE and regional experts play a key role in the development of museum collections and projects. The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will provide an unprecedented platform for artists from the UAE and the Gulf region, WANASA region and the world to create commissioned works and communicate with the world. Audience interaction.

DCT Abu Dhabi Chairman He Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak said: “The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has elevated Abu Dhabi’s status as a vibrant arts and cultural center. As the region’s outstanding global museum of modern and contemporary art, Abu Dhabi’s The Gennheim Museum will provide a fair platform for art from all over the world. The museum will also, through its mission, inspire wider interest in global modern and contemporary art, and promote diversity and tolerance in meaningful cultural exchanges In the process of advancing the plan, we recognize that this museum is crucial in realizing our vision for the emirate’s cultural and creative industries. Investing in these industries is important for our emirate’s economic development and our The contribution of the global art world is crucial. The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum and other cultural institutions, such as the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Zayed National Museum, will undoubtedly make a significant contribution to the thriving creative scene.”

The Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi was established and developed by DCT Abu Dhabi in cooperation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The museum will become the largest and most extensive museum in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation museum group, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Guggenheim Museum designed by Pritzker Award-winning architect Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection at Palazzo Venierdei Leoni in Venice.

Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, said: “Today’s announcement is an important milestone in the realization of the new landmark Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi. The Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi is located in Frank Gehry’s unique building. It will collect a large number of constantly evolving artworks, which have special attention from multiple perspectives of global modern and contemporary art history. From West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia. Abu Dhabi is a vibrant and diverse cultural center, with a global perspective and a rapidly growing creative economy, making it an ideal location for a new international museum. We thank Abu Dhabi for culture and tourism Ministry, our partner in this bold cooperation. With great enthusiasm, we look forward to sharing the collection, planning and architecture of the museum with the public in the future Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi.”

Frank Gehry commented: “It is really exciting to see this project enter this new stage. I am very proud to work closely with our partners DCT Abu Dhabi and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to create A sexual cultural project to create a home. I hope this building will be welcomed by the people of the UAE, and this work will become a milestone in the country for many years to come.”

As part of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum’s commitment to supporting artists in the region, the museum has been planning and providing fascinating public programs for the audience since its establishment. This includes three exhibitions held in Abu Dhabi, showing selected works from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi collection to represent the curatorial vision of the museum of the future. In addition, the museum has organized a vibrant public project that focuses on contemporary artists from all over the world. Recently, the museum launched a “Focus” video series on the Abu Dhabi cultural social media platform, exploring a series of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi works loaned around the world.

Located in the heart of the Saadiyat Cultural District, the museum will become an architectural landmark inspired by the native architecture of the UAE and the region. The Abu Dhabi Guggenheim Museum will become part of Abu Dhabi’s expanding network of cultural institutions, including the Louvre Abu Dhabi, New York University, Manarat Al Saadiyat and the Cultural Foundation. Cultural institutions that will join the Saadiyat Cultural District include the Zayed National Museum dedicated to celebrating the lives and achievements of the founding fathers of the UAE, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the family home of Abraham. It is a place of worship with many faiths.