#Videocrux - Museum to provide basis for contemporary art
Museum to provide basis for contemporary art Mubarak Al Muhari, Director, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority saying "We are building knowledge and awareness of contemporary art, the concepts of modern art... and we start with a series of contemporary exhibits, that take place in Abu Dhabi leading to the opening of the museum."
Guggenheim museum to open by 2013 The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is a planned museum, to be located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. On July 8, 2006, the city of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, announced it had signed an agreement with the Guggenheim Foundation in New York to build a 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) Guggenheim Museum. It will be the world's largest Guggenheim. Frank Gehry is to design it, with completion expected by 2013.
Museum to provide basis for contemporary art Mubarak Al Muhari, Director, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority saying "We are building knowledge and awareness of contemporary art, the concepts of modern art... and we start with a series of contemporary exhibits, that take place in Abu Dhabi leading to the opening of the museum."