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Villa A12, Marina Ring Road, Al Kasir, Marina Village, Abu Dhabi, UAE. P.O. Box 33323
Tuesday to Friday: 11 AM – 9 PM
Parking is available in front of the villa. Additional free parking is available in all allocated areas of the Marina Village.
05/12/2025
Tradition, innovation, and the art of transparency
When we hear people speak about “Bohemian glass” we immediately think of sparkling goblets, colourful vases and large chandeliers, but behind these objects there is a long story that begins in the forests of central Europe.
28/11/2025
Meissen, Sèvres, Ginori and the geography of European taste
When we think of porcelain, we often imagine delicate objects locked in a display cabinet, but in reality those cups, vases and plates tell a real story of the geography of European taste, made of courts, fashions and dreams of distant lands.
21/11/2025
Craftsmanship, good materials, and design for everyday life in nineteenth-century
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Europe was changing its face at a speed never seen before: factories were growing, cities were expanding, objects of everyday use came out in series from machines that were increasingly efficient.
07/11/2025
Elegance shaped by industry and design
The history of Art Deco grows out of changes brought by the Industrial Revolution: iron, steel, pressed glass and chrome enabled precise, made it possible to produce objects with precision and consistency.
31/10/2025
How Precious Materials Shaped the History of Art
One of the most famous contemporary artworks is For the Love of God by Damien Hirst, a platinum cast of an eighteenth-century human skull covered with 8,601 diamonds and featuring its original teeth. With this work, Hirst turns jewelry from decoration into the very essence of the piece, prompting us to wonder when and how precious materials began to be seen as art themselves.
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24/10/2025
How art has depicted urban transformation through the centuries
Living in the UAE means witnessing change every day: cities in constant growth, new skylines rising, streets and districts transforming including not only private buildings but new museums and cultural institutions. This constant transformation doesn’t just define the urban landscape; it nurtures a cultural energy that has turned the region into a vibrant stage for exhibitions, fairs, and artistic dialogue.
17/10/2025
How artists have represented peace from antiquity to modern times
The oldest and most universal aspiration of humankind has always been peace: something that art has expressed in many ways through the centuries. In ancient Greece, public images celebrated rulers and victories as symbols of order and prosperity: for example, the Alexander Mosaic, a magnificent panel from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, exalting the commander and military superiority as the premise of a “peace” ensured by the victor.
10/10/2025
Nobel Prize winners who were also artists
Each October, the world turns its gaze towards Stockholm, waiting for the announcement of the Nobel Prices. Established over a century ago, the Nobel Prize has become synonymous with excellence and universal contribution, celebrating those whose work has profoundly transformed human knowledge or culture.
03/10/2025
From Greek myths to Renaissance Florence, how rivalry shaped masterpieces
The history of art is the history of the art that has come down to us. A total history of art can never exist. Indeed, we will never be able to know all the works of art produced by humankind since the beginning of time. What does this mean? That the history of art is the result of a selection. Almost as if artists were entering into a competition with history.
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26/09/2025
From Medieval frescoes to modern cinema
From the beginning, the game of chess has inspired great fascination not only as an exercise in strategic skill, but also as a cultural, moral, and human mirror of mankind.