POSTCARD FROM ABU DHABI
Flavors and Knowledge
Dec 10
Buongiorno amici:
I am in Abu Dhabi presenting the World Gourmet Show, and during leisure time, visited the Louvre Museum. Yes, it is the sister of the historical Parisian museum you all know.
It was developed jointly by the United Arab Emirates and France, Louvre Abu Dhabi presents a historical narrative of art that spans the entire history of civilization and emphasises the shared human experience.
Opened in November 2017 on Saadiyat Island in a building designed by notable architect Jean Nouvel, the museum’s 23 permanent galleries depict a wide range of cultures, traditions and epochs in a unique side-by-side presentation. This enables visitors to discover shared influences and intriguing connections between different cultures.
The museum also features special exhibition spaces, a Children’s Museum, an auditorium, restaurants, retail shops and a research centre.
ARCHITECTURE
Virtually surrounded by the sea, the dozens of buildings that comprise the museum are linked by waterfront promenades and by the museum’s most arresting feature, its dome.
The huge, 180-metre-wide dome is comprised of eight layers and appears to float above the museum complex. As sunlight filters through the dome’s perforations, it creates a ‘rain of light’ effect in the museum galleries below.
NOTABLE ARTWORKS
The museum collection includes a number of significant works, including one of the finest examples of a standing Bactrian Princess from approximately 2000 BCE, a 3,000-year-old Middle-Eastern gold bracelet with lion’s head and an 1878 painting by Osman Hamdi Bey titled ‘A Young Emir Studying’.
Other important works include Paul Gauguin’s masterpiece ‘Children Wrestling’, the René Magritte painting ‘The Subjugated Reader’, a 1928 collage by Picasso titled ‘Portrait of a Lady’, nine canvases by contemporary artist Cy Twombly and the most ancient known photographic representation of a veiled woman.
The Louvre in Abu Dhabi ??
Not to miss if you happen to vacation here, along with an endless selection of things to do and see. Also covid test run about $13, not a bad deal, but you need one every 4 days.
Talk soon!
Chef Walter
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