About The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation currently owns and operates museums in New York, Venice, and Las Vegas, and is a partner in the operation of branches in Bilbao and Berlin. This unique international model has significantly increased awareness of the Guggenheim, helped it to expand its collections and programs, and dramatically broadened its outreach – more... and audience. But when will the network be complete? As part of its recent strategic planning process, the Board of Trustees stated its goal to seek a Guggenheim presence in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. On July 8, this strategy came one step closer to realization, when an agreement was signed in Abu Dhabi (the capital of the United Arab Emirates) to build a new Guggenheim there. The architect will be Frank Gehry, whose design for the Bilbao Guggenheim played a major role in that project's stunning success. At 30,000 square meters, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be significantly larger than Bilbao, and is the cornerstone of a major cultural initiative that the government hopes will lure Western tourists and investors to this progressive Middle Eastern land of beaches, skyscrapers, and vast deserts. Guggenheim Foundation Chairman William Mack led a delegation of trustees to the project launch, and Gehry has already begun work on a design. The museum is expected to be built within five years. As in Bilbao (which celebrates its tenth anniversary next year), the government will own the building itself, while the Guggenheim will oversee the architectural design and plan and implement the artistic program. The Guggenheim will also guide the Abu Dhabi museum in the formation of a major collection of international contemporary art, which will be owned by the government but fully available for display in any Guggenheim museum around the world. – less – More from ZoomInfo »
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