The Louvre Part I, New York Times

In November before it opened to the public I photographed The Louvre, Abu Dhabi for the New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/arts/design/louvre-abu-dhabi.html

 

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: Mohamed Al Mubarak, chairman of Culture and Tourism in front of the facade of the the Louvre, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: For the Louvre Abu Dhabi Jenny Holzer, member ARS stand by her commissioned art work in the open air space at the Louvre Museum. Marble relief of cuneiform text that transcribes a creation myth in Sumerian and Akkadian from a Mesopotamian tablet, ca. 1250 BCE, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: The rear of the Louvre. Jean Nouvel designed the Louvre as a micro city, an archipelago at sea. Four piers support the dome and create a floating effect. The Louvre is 40 meters above the Persian Gulf. Louvre, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: Rain of light from the Louvre’ building’s 180-meter geometric dome. Comprised of nearly 8,000 arabic motif stars, the steel pattern will filter sunlight into a ‘rain of light’ on the museum’s walls and floors. Louvre, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: Leaves of Light is a life-like bronze sculpture by the Italian artist Guiseppe Penone. The Louvre, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: For the Louvre Abu Dhabi, Jenny Holzer, member ARS. Marble relief of cuneiform text that transcribes a creation myth in Sumerian and Akkadian from a Mesopotamian tablet, ca. 1250 BCE The Louvre, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: For the Louvre Abu Dhabi, Jenny Holzer, member ARS. Marble relief of cuneiform text that transcribes a creation myth in Sumerian and Akkadian from a Mesopotamian tablet, ca. 1250 BCE The Louvre, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: For the Louvre Abu Dhabi Jenny Holzer, member ARS. Marble relief of cuneiform text that transcribes a creation myth in Sumerian and Akkadian from a Mesopotamian tablet, ca. 1250 BCE, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-November 5, 2017: Jean Nouvel of Ateliers Jean Nouvel beneath the building’s 180-meter geometric dome. Comprised of nearly 8,000 arabic motif stars, the steel pattern will filter sunlight into a ‘rain of light’ on the museum’s walls and floors. Louvre, Abu Dhabi CREDIT: Katarina Premfors/The New York Times