Louvre Abu Dhabi

The illustrious collection of the Louvre Abu Dhabi has a most comprehensive scope of art that ranges from prehistoric to contemporary. The museum has artifacts from Egypt and Mesopotamia along with paintings from Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, and Claude Monet. Installations from Ai Weiwei are also darted throughout the galleries.

The Egyptian god Horus A sculpture of Osiris from the book Birth of a Museum

When sunlight filters through the roof of the Louvre Abu Dhabi it creates a moving “rain of light” beneath the dome, reminiscent of the overlapping dessert palm trees.

Horses of the Sun by French sculptor Gilles Guerin

Construction took eight years and the museum spans over 260,000 square feet. The network of galleries are designed chronologically and are light filled. Half of the artworks that are part of the permanent collection are on loan from the Agence France-Musèums, which includes the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Versailles and Musée de l’Orangerie, and the museum will display four temporary exhibits each year.

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K

La Biennale di Venezia

From the hotel rooftop one can see Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio {St. Mary of the Lily} one of the finest representations of Venetian Baroque architecture on the Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo. The church illuminated in the background of this cityscape projects the most beautiful mystical aura.

The underwater fantasy exhibition {Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable} includes a golden bust reminiscent of the Ife art of the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria and Quetzalcoatl the “feathered serpent” Aztec god of the nocturnal sky. All this fabulous gold has been found from the bottom of the artistic sea to be displayed in Venice.

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K