How to spend 36 hours on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi

How to spend 36 hours on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi

At Yas Island, ride in a Ferrari, click selfies with flamingos, freefall into a gravity defying tunnel, feed a cute harbour seal, or say hello to a superhero! Built as one of Abu Dhabi’s largest tourism projects in 2009, the island houses some of the world’s most opulent entertainment arenas, an F1 racetrack, a golf […]

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Finding the ‘Asian’ in Post-Impressionism at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

Finding the ‘Asian’ in Post-Impressionism at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

Four women in black burqas look up, heads cocked, at The Funeral of Mona Lisa, artist Yan Pei-Ming’s monumental installation at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. A European painting reinterpreted by a Chinese-born artist within the setting of the Middle East, it is a stunning study in contrasts — as an Instagrammable photo and the museum’s ambition to build dialogues […]

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Raja Ravi Varma’s chromolithographs at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

Raja Ravi Varma’s chromolithographs at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

Nine of Ravi Varma’s chromolithographs will be exhibited at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Nine chromolithographs belonging to the Bengaluru-based Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation will soon be on view at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, as part of its upcoming show ‘Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema’. Modernist painter Raja Ravi Varma’s legacy is […]

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