Next generation of Guggenheim family finds home in Abu Dhabi

The National ·
Culture & Lifestyle Art United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

When Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on December 11, it will carry a family name that has helped shape modern art for nearly a century. Long before visitors queued outside its museums, mining magnate Solomon R Guggenheim was buying abstract paintings with the encouragement of artist Hilla Rebay in the 1920s, building a collection that would eventually need a home of its own. Decades later, his niece…

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