The Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum celebrates, on Thursday, the fourth anniversary of its opening, reviewing its achievements during the past year and its aspirations for the next year.
The museum opened two international exhibitions successfully, namely the exhibition "Abstraction and the art of calligraphy: Towards a global language" and the exhibition "Dragon and Phoenix - centuries of inspiration between the Chinese and Islamic cultures", despite the challenges witnessed by the world in the year 2021.
He also reopened the Children's Museum with an interactive exhibition entitled "My Places! A new adventure in the art world".
This year witnessed a new partnership with the Swiss brand Richard Mail, to launch an annual exhibition entitled "The Art of the Fine" in Louvre Abu Dhabi, which opens its doors to the public next week, and the Richard Mail Award for the Arts that are accompanied by the exhibition.
The museum has emerged as a leading destination in the education sector in the UAE thanks to many programs that support teachers and invite students to interact with technical works, and is working to train a new generation of Emiratis specializing in museums, by providing an unparalleled platform, as well as leading programs inResearch.
In addition to the opening of international exhibitions throughout the year, it allows changing the artwork presented in the showrooms, whether borrowed or metaphor, constantly, a new experience for visitors on each visit, and new links that they explore between artworks.
More than 100 new artworks were added to the showrooms on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the museum's founding, and the resource center and research laboratory were launched.
The museum also continued to perform its leadership role for the fourth year in a row, especially in light of the changes that occurred in the artistic and cultural scene in the Emirates.
Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, head of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, said: "The Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum is still presenting a new model for museums and its message that is based on the service of both local and international public, although its roots return to the Emirati capital.".
He added that "the museum's projects and its accomplishments over the years have established its position as an integral part of our society and a landmark of the city.And because he sees every challenge as an opportunity for a new innovation that suits all the masses, the museum played a pivotal role in strengthening our cultural sector, especially with the change of creative and cultural performances presented by Abu Dhabi..
For his part, Manuel Rabatiyeh, director of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum, said: "Last year, a test for all.But through insistence and innovation, the museum managed to overcome many difficulties that faced all museums during the Korona pandemic.The museum is still moving forward, in its mission to involve all visitors, safely, in highlighting the stories of the civilizations meeting.
"I extend my thanks to our partners for their support for us, and for the Emirati society for its cooperation with us at several levels.We look forward to welcoming visitors again in the near future to offer them international exhibitions, drawing lessons, family films shows, luxury restaurants, yoga, Kayak tours,."
The Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum is distinguished from other museums in its scientific approach, which tells the stories of the civilizations, through the presentation of a semi -permanent group of artistic works.This year witnessed the change of artistic works presented in the showrooms and the presentation of new works, including the metaphor, including the borrower, where 56 new artworks of the museum were displayed, on the occasion of the anniversary of its opening..The origins of these art pieces differ in terms of culture, geographical region and eras to which they belong, all of which were carefully chosen to match the narrative framework of the museum.
Among the new museum's holdings are the painting "Girl blowing in a darkest" by George de Latur, and the "lock" panel of Honori Faragunard, and visitors will be able to contemplate two new artworks, namely, "An invitation to carry weapons" by August Rodan, and "a memorial for Victor Hugo", as shownIn the museum, three new prints are distinctive in the OK-Ih style by the artist Katsushica Hokosay, exploring the rich traditions of Japanese printing.
In addition to these new holdings, the museum offers its visitors 59 pseudonyms, in an interview with other art pieces, where the exceptional artistic works are adorned with partner museums, the museum showroom.
The "London, Parliament Council, sunlight in fog" and "Al -Nuzha Boat" panel Claude Monet embodies two distinct periods in the artist's march, while the "Chamber of Speed" Pads "for Edward Voydard is one of the most important artistic works that belong to the post -impressionist movement...In addition to the "Pink Dress" panel of Frederick Bazil, and the "Woman -Moon Paper Circle" Circle "by Jackson Bullock.
The museum's visitors can seek the Dutch artistic direction, whose artists have taken into account the most accurate details of the interpretation of the painter Johannes Vermeer - one of the Dutch golden agentMatsis, and the "Yellow-Red-Blue" plate by Cleelie Kandinsky.
For her part, Dr. Thuraya Njeim, Director of the Department of Technical Candles, Museum Secretaries and Scientific Research in Louvre Abu Dhabi said:.The past four years have given us the opportunity to establish permanent partnerships with many prestigious institutions, which made it easier for us to obtain borrowed art pieces, in which we complete our collection of possessions..
She added: "During this period, the group of Louvre Abu Dhabi has grown significantly, as we added carefully selected pieces to fall within the framework of the narrative museum.The visitors ’experience remains at the heart of our work, and we hope that every visitor from our visitors will come out with a unique personal experience, after exploring the stories that the showroom tells..
The Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum opens facilities from the leading research facilities, the resource center and the research laboratory.The resource center is scheduled to open its doors to the public as of Thursday, November 11, to provide students, researchers, professors and visitors to explore and learn the museum's collections..
The center will also provide all the materials necessary to document the museum's collections, study and preserve them, and support the research projects of the museum at the same time.
Through the digital resources, the wide technical business database, and the library group that is witnessing continuous growth, which today includes about 5,000 books on the Museum of Art Museum and the history of art, the center focuses on the exchange and spread of art, as well as its focus on the history of artistic groups and collecting holdings.
All of these resources are available in Arabic, English and French, and they follow a multidisciplinary approach in exploring anthropological, historical, aesthetic and artistic ties from a global multicultural perspective..
The center opens its doors to the public on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week, from 10 am to 5 pm, and entering it is free and covered in the museum's entry ticket, and visitors can request a free ticket to visit the resource center from the ticket sale office.
It is also worth noting that the museum is in the final stages to complete its research laboratory, which is the first scientific laboratory in a museum in the Emirates;Where scientists, museum secretaries, artistic restoration experts will be able to access the latest research tools for the analysis of artistic works from the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum group.
The museum aspires to be a major shareholder in developing research and exchanging knowledge, so it intends the data that the work team extracts from various research analyzes with the academic community, through articles, lectures and approved scientific conferences..
The Resources Center and the Research Laboratory also encourages future cooperation with local and international academic and cultural institutions in research projects, and they will support the formation of a society of researchers within the Emirates.
To celebrate the golden jubilee of the Emirates next December, the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum offers artistic works from the Emirates that sheds light on the unity of the UAE, as well as a series of events for visitors;Where artworks from various Emirates will be shown, from ancient times to the present day, in the museum showroom.
These works, which include a borrowed archaeological pieces of Emirati partner institutions, along with the contemporary film "sharp machines" by the director and poet Stars Al -Ghanem, constitutes a group testimony on the nation’s history and wealthy achievements, which were achieved thanks to the cultural sustainability and cultural diversity in the country.
The business is borrowed from partner institutions in the UAE are the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, the Goguheim Abu Dhabi Museum, Al Ain Museum, Dubai Municipality, Sharjah Antiquities Authority, Ajman National Museum, Umm Al Quwain National Museum, and the Ras Al Khaimah National Museum.
The museum's pioneers will also be able to see its famous iconic dome turn into a synthetic work with sound and image that reflects the emergence and development of the UAE, on the occasion of the celebration of the golden jubilee of its founding..
The museum will also organize wheel skiing activities in cooperation with "Mad Rollers", which extends for two days and is accompanied by the tunes of music. Music is also accompanied by a display of photos and videos from the archive of the Emirates over the past fifty years, in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Media Company, using dynamic digital murals..
The Louvre Abu Dhabi held strong partnerships with institutions from all over the region, which included mutual loan agreements, to highlight the history of the region and its rich heritage.
Since 2017, the museum has cooperated with major museums and leading regional institutions, including the National Museum in the Sultanate of Oman, which loaned the Louvre Abu Dhabi four artistic works that include a monetary treasure of 389 silver dirhamTo the period between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, and a bowl and a jar were discovered in Sidama, the "dome".
On the other hand, the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum will loan six ceramics from Iznik dating back to the sixteenth century of its artistic collection to the Omani National Museum;Where the ceramic pieces with beautiful decorations will be displayed in the "Greatness of Islam" hall as of December 2021 to December 2022, in an exhibition entitled "Gardens of Paradise: The Language of Flowers in the Iznik ceramics" that explores a variety of inspired decorationsFrom the flowers, which were naturally photographed on artworks, which constitute a turning point for Ottoman art and the production of ceramics in the sixteenth century.
In addition to the Emirati partners, the museum cooperates with regional partners, including the Jordanian General Antiquities Department and the Saudi Ministry of Tourism.While digital activities and programs are still available to the various masses through the museum's website, the museum began to gradually resume its live shows..
Since its inception, the museum has worked to involve the local community, including students, artists, art lovers, families, senior citizens, residents, UAE citizens, people of determination and others, by providing purposeful educational experiences that suit all ages.
Over the past four years, the museum team has worked to design more than 8,600 activities and a program and present them to 487,000 people, including more than 100,000 students who participated in educational activities in the museum and through the website.
Noting that more than 80% of them are Emirati students in public schools.The museum also received more than 160 senior citizens, 400 people of determination, 40 orphans, 90 patients, and 7,500 teachers.The museum provides more than 40 guides to enhance visitors' experience in more than 19 languages.