The Abu Dhabi museum was set up under a 2007 inter-governmental agreement between Paris and Abu Dhabi. They include a statue of the Sphinx dating back to the 6th century B.French President Emmanuel Macron will be the guest of honour at the opening, along with other heads of state.Permanent installations include a sculpture by Auguste Rodin, an enormous bronze tree with mirrored branches called “leaves of light” by Italian artist Giuseppe Penone and three engravings on stone walls bearing historic texts from the region by Jenny Holzer, an American neo-conceptual artist.The Abu Dhabi museum was set up under a 2007 inter-governmental agreement between Paris and Abu Dhabi. The artists range from Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh to Pablo Picasso and Cy Twombly.
Surrounded by water from three sides, the museum houses 600 artworks it has acquired, alongside 300 works on loan from 13 leading French institutions, in its 23 permanent galleries. It is a centre of peace, acceptance, tolerance and education,” Mohamed al-Mubarak, chairman of the department of culture and tourism in Abu Dhabi, told Reuters. “We will attract a different kind of traveller.And there are priceless pieces.Having invested over $1 billion in the museum, Abu Dhabi is hoping culture will attract tourists.Louvre Abu STEAM TURBINE BEARINGS Factory Dhabi has partnered with museums and cultural institutions in the Arab world, who will lend 28 significant works. (Photo: AP) ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi opens its Louvre museum on Saturday, positioning itself as a city of cultural tourism with a display of hundreds of works that it hopes will draw visitors from around the world..30) with all 5,000 tickets sold out for the opening day.
Two more museums, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Zayed National Museum, are planned around the Louvre Abu Dhabi in the Saadiyat Cultural District that already hosts art fairs, exhibitions and performances.“Culture is the element that will distinguish us from others,” said Saif Saeed Ghobash, director-general of the emirate’s Department of Culture & Tourism. Among them are an 8,000-year-old, two-headed figure called the Ain Ghazal statue from Jordan, some 400 silver dirham coins from Oman and a pre-historic stone tool from Saudi Arabia. In this Tuesday, April 16, 2013 file photo, a model of the future Abu Dhabi branch of the Louvre museum by French architect Jean Nouvel is on display as part of a sample collection at the museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “It is a lot more than just a museum.” The entrance ticket to the museum is 60 dirhams ($16.