People who live in Abu Dhabi know very well that a place where you can fill yourself with art and culture is not something easy to find in this city. And when you are hungry for it, there are a few places which unfortunately will not exceed fingers of two hands.
Well, couple of weeks back, I discovered a lovely corner, somewhere this city (and me!) was craving for. And I wanted to share it loud for other art lovers:
Etihad Modern Art Gallery
Well, couple of weeks back, I discovered a lovely corner, somewhere this city (and me!) was craving for. And I wanted to share it loud for other art lovers:
Etihad Modern Art Gallery
Located in a villa in Al Bateen Area, Etihad Modern Art Gallery greets you first with its museum-like garden. You see different trees from different countries with their names and information on them. You take a step inside, well decorated rooms, stairs and doorways are waiting for you with art works by different local and expat artists. Luckily, I caught the Art Souq and T-rex exhibition both of which is still on now.
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This T-rex skeleton, named Tinker, is the first and only junior T-rex skeleton which has over 50% of its bones original and well-preserved. This is actually a shocking percentage when you hear the fact that most dinosaur skeletons being exhibited around the world have only about 5% of their bones original. T-rex kind has only been found in the USA so far and all the T-rex skeletons outside the USA are actually plastic imitations of the originals. So, Tinker is the first authentic traveler T-Rex which we have here in Abu Dhabi! And this became possible with collaborative work of The Houston Museum of Natural Science (Houston, Texas) and Etihad Modern Art Gallery (Abu Dhabi, UAE).
And of course, T-rex is not the only thing that the gallery is offering currently. Yiannis Roussakis, Wilma Burton, Khalid Al Najjad, Khulood Al Jabri are among the names who fill the walls of the gallery and their works are part of the Art Souq.
And last but not least, the loveliest discovery of all for me was definitely
Art House Café!
Think of a place where you have stools made out of gas cylinders, lamps out of wine bottles, drawers out of old style suitcases! Almost every single furniture in the cafe was made out of recycled materials which impressed me the most.
A colorful atmosphere, isn't it? Well, go and check it out yourselves!
(*) This photo was taken from the gallery's Instagram account. All the other photographs are taken by Gülsen Geçim, all rights reserved.
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