tag: Abu Dhabi

Slaves of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (United Emirates)

A group of more than 130 Middle Eastern artists have undertaken to boycott the museum that Guggenheim Foundation builds in Abu Dhabi, Capital of United Arab Emirates, in protest against the conditions of work under which the construction is carried on, as reported by The New York Times [elmundo.es]. Guggenheim Foundation’s official release on this […]...

Two cities, four architects, five museums (Persian Gulf)

The two cities of Doha and Abu Dhabi will acquire five new museums designed by I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster and Jean Nouvel. The four “archistar” talk about their respective projects in the Persian Gulf during this interview on NYT....