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There are so many cool things to do this week…
Arm yourself with a pen and flip over to the brand new week of your diary and jot down some fun things you can do in the capital this week.
From tucking into a delicious stack of peanut butter pancakes to taking a walk with nature and soaking in the last of the cool weather, there’s so much you can get up to this week.
Here are six fun things to do in Abu Dhabi this week
Sunday February 28
Try the new menu at Gourmet Burger Kitchen
Say goodbye to the Sunday blues with an order of a delicious gourmet burger. The menu has been streamlined to feature six of the best gourmet burgers available to order individually or as a meal which will include GBK’s signature fries and a drink with prices starting from Dhs51. On the menu, you will find signature burgers including shroom Swiss, jalapeno overload, the blue Rockfort, avo beef bacon and the taxi driver. You can also customise by adding an extra patty or swapping out the bun for a
Louvre Abu Dhabi’s show displays the universal language of inspiration
21 Feb 2021
Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer
Abstraction and Calligraphy Towards a Universal Language, Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first international exhibition of 2021 (Feb. 17 – June 12), invites visitors to explore the dawn of modern abstraction through sign and symbol, traces its origins to Asian and Arabic calligraphy and charts sites of mutual inspiration and art and cultural exchange around the world.
Curated by Didier Ottinger, assisted by Marie Sarré and sponsored by Montblanc, a maison whose innovative craftsmanship continues to influence the culture of writing, the exhibition marks a second major collaboration between the Centre Pompidou and Louvre Abu Dhabi.
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Hieroglyphs to Islamic calligraphy: Louvre Abu Dhabi exhibition explores how western artists looked East to create abstract art
The UAE museum s first exhibition for 2021 examines cultural connections in more than 80 abstract artworks
Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, right, Manuel Rabate, Louvre Abu Dhabi director, left, and Souraya Noujaim, scientific, curatorial and collections management director at Louvre Abu Dhabi at the museum s new exhibition Abstraction and Calligraphy - Towards a Universal Language. DCT Abu Dhabi
Installation view of Louvre Abu Dhabi s new exhibition Abstraction and Calligraphy - Towards a Universal Language shows Paul Klee s Oriental Bliss , right, on display next to Wassily Kandinsky s Trente [Thirty] . Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi; Seeing Things
Abu Dhabi: The Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first international exhibition of the year Abstraction and Calligraphy Towards a Universal Language is set to open on Wednesday.
The exhibit invites visitors to explore the dawn of modern abstraction through the exploration of signs and symbols, and traces their origins to Asian and Arabic calligraphy, and to sites of mutual inspiration around the world.
The exhibition will run until June 12, and will bring together 86 pieces, including 80 on loans from partner institutions like the Centre Pompidou, a house for modern and contemporary art in Paris. It will showcase how 20th century abstract artists like Paul Klee, André Masson, Wassily Kandinsky, Cy Twombly, Lee Krasner, and Jackson Pollock felt the need to establish a new universal, visual language that was inspired by calligraphy. The show will also focus on 20th and 21st century Arab artists from Dia Azzawi and Anwar Jalal Shemza, to Ghada Amer, Shirazeh Houshiary, Mona Hatoum and oth