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Sotheby’s Confirms $1b Investment From ADQ

International auction house Sotheby’s today (October 30th 2024) confirmed its investment of $1b from Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund ADQ. A statement from Charles F. Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Sotheby’s, read: “We are delighted to announce that we’ve just closed our $1 billion investment from the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund ADQ, who joins us as a minority shareholder alongside majority owner Patrick Drahi.  “This represents the largest investment in the global art industry in...

Abu Dhabi Celebrates Its First Collectors’ Week

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi has launched a new 10-day festival featuring collector’s experiences, pop-ups and product launches. Anchored by region’s first creativity and design festival, Semi Permanent Middle East, the event will host leading international collectors, designers and entertainment talent Retail Abu Dhabi, the retail platform of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), is to launch the inaugural Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week. The 10-day...

Peter Harrington Announces Catalogue of Rare Islamic and Arabic Books

Exceptionally rare works by Khalil Gibran, T.E. Lawrence, Ulugh Beg and Ibn Sina headline rare bookseller Peter Harrington’s new catalogue of Islamic and Arabic books. Peter Harrington’s Abu Dhabi 2020 catalogue contains a selection of 85 books and manuscripts that offer an enticing selection of some of the most sought-after and desirable works by leading lights of the Islamic and Arabic-speaking world. According to Pom Harrington, owner of Peter Harrington, “Our Abu Dhabi 2020 catalogue...

Abu Dhabi Exhibition Reveals Rich History of Islamic Coins

One of the most significant collections of Arab and Islamic coinage ever assembled is now on show in the exhibition Coins of Islam: History Revealed in Abu Dhabi, UAE. His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, deputy prime minister and minister of presidential affairs, inaugurated the exhibition under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak on January 28th. Curated and organized by Dr. Alain Baron, founder of Numismatica Genevensis SA, the exhibition...

Louvre Abu Dhabi Sets an Opening Date

An announcement has been made for the official opening date for Louvre Abu Dhabi. The museum is set to be the first of its kind in the Arab world and its unique architecture sets it above from the rest. On 11 November 2017, the public will be able to enter the new universal museum that will exhibit human stories from across civilisations and cultures. There will be a great festival of opening celebrations that includes...

Birth of a Museum, the Louvre Abu Dhabi

The exhibition ‘Birth of a Museum’ was proudly presented as the first large-scale assembly of the collection of the Louvre Abu Dhabi from 22 April to 24 August, 2014. The exhibition displayed 130 artworks that the new museum has acquired since 2009, providing a taste of what the museum has in store for visitors, showing works from different civilisations ranging from ancient times to the present day, and offering a new perspective on the history...

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