Louvre Abu Dhabi Collection
Louvre Abu Dhabi focuses on cross-cultural interactions: the stories of human creativity that transcend individual cultures or civilisations, times or places. The museum’s growing collection of treasures includes important artworks and artefacts spanning the entirety of human history around the world. It encompasses all categories of art, bringing together all types of material artistic expression from the past to the present, covering ancient archaeological finds, objects, sculptures, paintings and contemporary installations from all over the globe.
Highlights of the collection
Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
Post-Impressionism: Beyond Appearances
Showcases iconic masterpieces from the Post-Impressionist period, including works by renowned artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Henri-Edmond Cross, Emile Bernard, Paul Sérusier, Maurice Denis, and Odilon Redon.
Art Here 2024
Richard Mille Art Prize
For the fourth edition of Art Here, Louvre Abu Dhabi has called upon contemporary artists from GCC and North Africa (nationals and residents) working in sculpture and audio-visual installations suitable for outdoor spaces, to become part of its universal story. Louvre Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with Richard Mille, aims to support art practitioners in the region by giving them a central platform for expression in Art Here 2024.
Upcoming exhibitions
Kings and Queens of Africa: Forms and Figures of Power
Exhibition
Art Here
Richard Mille Art Prize
ART HERE. ART NOW. IN THE UAE.
With Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille, we have launched an annual exhibition and art prize that illuminates the extraordinary contemporary art scene in the UAE and GCC. We are creating a new stage for our regional artists, giving them a platform to be seen and heard, and a space in which to express themselves and come together.
Exhibit your artwork at Louvre Abu Dhabi
For the fourth edition of Art Here, Louvre Abu Dhabi is calling on contemporary artists from the GCC and North Africa (nationals and residents) working in sculpture and audio-visual installations suitable for outdoor spaces, to become part of its universal story. Louvre Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with Richard Mille, aims to support art practitioners in the region by giving them a central platform for expression in Art Here 2024.
The Children's Museum
Picturing the Cosmos
Welcome to the Children's Museum at Louvre Abu Dhabi! Get ready for an out-of-this-world adventure as we unveil our latest exhibition, 'Picturing the Cosmos', an interstellar journey that spans three awe-inspiring floors, transporting young visitors straight into the depths of space.
Architecture
An environmental micro-climate
The product of architect Jean Nouvel’s unique vision, Louvre Abu Dhabi was constructed as the heart of a new urban quarter for the United Arab Emirates’ capital city. A symphony in concrete, water and the subtle play of reflected light, its design was inspired by the region’s rich architectural traditions and the museum’s unique location at the point where the Arabian sky meets the sands of Saadiyat Island and the waters of the Arabian Gulf.
