Art Capital: Transforming Museums in the Emirates

Talk

WHEN Thursday, February 12, 2026
5-6 PM EST WHERE 19 Washington Square North, New York WHO NYU Abu Dhabi Institute in New York Open to the Public

The talk explores the dramatic changes that happened after the 2006 announcement of plans for a Louvre and a Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. In the decade between the museums' announcement and the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi in 2017, the ways artists worked changed as did the ways curators promoted their work, and the forms of arts organizations themselves shifted – taken together, the UAE case offers insight into how museum and artistic practice is shifting in the 21st century. 
Speakers
  • Beth Derderian, Renée and Lester Crown Chair Assistant Professor in Middle East Studies and Anthropology, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University

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