{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Pablo Picasso exhibition opens in Abu Dhabi' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bb72d8eafeecae1251c4' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bb72d8eafeecae1251c4' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nPablo Picasso exhibition opens in Abu Dhabi\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eAbu Dhabi - 27 May, 20081. Wide of Emirates palace ballroom staircase2. Wide of Emirates palace lobby3. Mid of Picasso exhibition entrance4. Wide of Picasso exhibition interior - calligraphy5. Mid of Picasso exhibition woman leans over...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAbu Dhabi - 27 May, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Emirates palace ballroom staircase\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Emirates palace lobby\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of Picasso exhibition entrance\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of Picasso exhibition interior - calligraphy\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of Picasso exhibition woman leans over glass case\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of women with headsets admiring works\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of children walking through Picasso exhibition\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid pan right of people admiring works\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of man and woman pointing at works\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Fawz Kabra, local artist  \u003cbr/\u003e\"Finally there is something to do that is educational and interesting and inspiring.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of Kabra standing on her toes to look at a Picasso painting\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Fawz Kabra, local artist  \u003cbr/\u003e\"This is definitely a great first step to get people here ready for what is going to come in the next few years on Saadiyat Island.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of family walking pas the signs reading \"The Cultural District\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Pan right across the model of the building plan for Saadiyat Island\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of sign \"The Future of Culture\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Pan left from wall announcing \"Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum: Frank Gehry\" to the model of the building plan\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid of men admiring the model of the building plan for the Maritime Museum\u003cbr/\u003e18. Pan left across the model of the building plan for the Performing Arts Centre\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of the ballroom lobby with sign announcing the \"Picasso Abu Dhabi\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of people attending the Picasso Abu Dhabi Symposium\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (French) Anne Baldassari, Director, Musee National Picasso, Paris and the exhibition's curator\u003cbr/\u003e\"We can understand that Spain had a dialogue between the Orient and Europe. And because of Spain's decorative, poetic and musical culture, we can see in Picasso these very profound and ancient influences of Arab culture.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of the symposium stage\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of the symposium audience\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (French) Anne Baldassari, Director, Musee National Picasso, Paris and the exhibition's curator \u003cbr/\u003e\"The section that is presented here through calligraphy allows us to follow this poetic at work in Picasso's works.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid of a sign displaying Picasso's calligraphy \"Painting is all about sign\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of men admiring Picasso's works\u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid of man dressed approaching a Picasso painting\u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide of the exhibition space\u003cbr/\u003e29. Mid of men dressed chatting in front of Picasso works\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Nasser David Khalili, founder of the Khalili Collections \u003cbr/\u003e\"The Picasso Museum in Paris is virtually un paralleled because they have the best of the best at this the best exhibition that the world has ever seen.\"\u003cbr/\u003e31. Mid of Khalili at a table with his colleagues\u003cbr/\u003e32. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Nasser David Khalili, founder of the Khalili Collections \u003cbr/\u003e\"By looking at Picasso they form their own opinion of what they think of Picasso, what they think of their own culture, what they think of the culture of Europe and the whole Middle East for that matter. It gives them the comprehensiveness of deciding which way they want to go and why they should bring other cultures to their country.\"\u003cbr/\u003e33. Mid of people viewing the exhibition\u003cbr/\u003e34. Wide of people wandering through the exhibition - sculpture in foreground\u003cbr/\u003eA unique Picasso retrospective has gone on display in Abu Dhabi.\u003cbr/\u003eThe event brings some of the Spanish artist's favourite works to the Gulf city-state that aspires to become the region's cultural capital.\u003cbr/\u003eArt lovers from across the Middle East are catching a rare glimpse of some of Pablo Picasso's most famous paintings.\u003cbr/\u003eThe show, organised by Madrid's Reina Sofia art museum, features many pieces normally housed in the Picasso Museum, in Paris. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Abu Dhabi collection includes 186 paintings, sculptures and drawings by one of the 20th century's defining artists.\u003cbr/\u003eOn show are some of Picasso's finest works, spanning many stages of his complex and often turbulent life.\u003cbr/\u003ePablo Picasso, considered the father of modern art, was born in 1881 in Malaga, southern Spain, but spent most of his life in France. \u003cbr/\u003eThe 1936-39 Spanish Civil War and the following nearly four decades of dictatorship kept him from returning to his native country.\u003cbr/\u003eThe show first went on display in Madrid in February 2008, and included 400 pieces, but this travelling version has been down scaled. \u003cbr/\u003eTo make up for it, local sponsors in Abu Dhabi, the show's only Middle East stop, have contributed 40 additional Picasso drawings, prints and illuminated manuscripts, showing Arab influences on the young Spanish artist.\u003cbr/\u003eLocal artist Fawz Kabra says now that the city has an art space there is something for art lovers to do and see.\u003cbr/\u003eShe adds this exhibition is a taste of things to come, especially once the Saadiyat Island complex is finished the coming years.\u003cbr/\u003eSponsored by the emirate's ruling elite, the Saadiyat Island complex will host the Middle East arms of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Paris' Louvre Museum the project is due to start in 2009 and will be completed in 2018. \u003cbr/\u003eAs preparations for the ambitious complex get under way, models of what the cultural venues will look like are being shown to the public.\u003cbr/\u003eBack in the main exhibition area, many locals are admiring a Picasso painting for the first time.\u003cbr/\u003eAnne Baldassari, the director of the Musee National Picasso in Paris and the exhibition's curator, says many of the works show a long and well established dialogue between Spanish culture and its Arab counterpart.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile in Abu Dhabi, Baldassari is taking part in a forum aimed at introducing the Spanish artist to the state.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says many of the works focus on calligraphy and the artistic processes employed by Picasso.\u003cbr/\u003eHere one simple drawing conveys many meanings.\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Nasser David Khalili, founder of the Khalili Collections, says this exhibition offers viewers some of the best Picasso paintings normally on show in Paris.\u003cbr/\u003eAttending the event are many of the city's art lovers and ruling elite.\u003cbr/\u003eKhalili says those seeing a Picasso for the first time will be able to make draw their own conclusions about the artists and the differences between European and Middle Eastern art.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the day's events draw to an end, judging by the number of people, the show has been a success.\u003cbr/\u003eAbu Dhabi is one of world's largest oil exporters and the richest of seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates.\u003cbr/\u003eUnlike its neighbour Dubai, which is attracting big business and mass tourism, Abu Dhabi is trying to attract more sophisticated visitors.\u003cbr/\u003eAs a result many visit the city to come for exhibitions and music concerts rather than sprawling beaches and giant shopping malls.\u003cbr/\u003eKeyword art\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' aria-label='Read more description' class='rp-full-description' type='button'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cspan id='read_more'\u003eRead More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-report'\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='resource-details-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='resource-details-heading'\u003eResource Details\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource-details clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eCurator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"star-rating\" aria-label=\"3.5 out of 5 stars\" role=\"img\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star-half-stroke text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"educator-rating-title\"\u003eEducator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"educator-rating-details\" data-path=\"/educator_ratings/rrp_data?resourceable_id=1092990\u0026amp;resourceable_type=Boclips%3A%3AVideoMetadata\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"not-yet-rated\"\u003eNot yet Rated\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eGrade\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd title=\"Grade\"\u003eHigher Ed\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSubjects\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=1\u0026amp;subject_ids%5B%5D=1216220\"\u003eAll Subjects\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eMedia Type\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=2\u0026amp;type_ids%5B%5D=4543650\"\u003eNews Clips\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSource:\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eDate\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e2008\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-solid fa-language'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eAudiences\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?audience_ids%5B%5D=371079\u0026amp;grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=1\"\u003eFor Teacher Use\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\u003cdd class=\"text-muted\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-lock mr5\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e2 more...\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='concepts-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='concepts-heading'\u003eConcepts\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='details-list concepts' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator' data-type='concepts'\u003epainting, sculpture, paris, france, museums, europe, art museums, culture, spain, western europe\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='concepts-toggle-buttons' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' class='more btn-link' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-down ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='true' class='less btn-link' style='display: none;' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow Less\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-up ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='additional-tags-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='additional-tags-heading'\u003eAdditional Tags\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='details-list keyterms' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator' data-type='keyterms'\u003eunited arab emirates, arts and entertainment, travel, personal, recreation and leisure, frank gehry, leisure travel, madrid, visual arts, lifestyle, middle east, picasso, abu dhabi, solomon r. guggenheim museum\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='keyterms-toggle-buttons' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' class='more btn-link' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-down ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='true' class='less btn-link' style='display: none;' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow Less\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-up ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='educator-ratings-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title sr-only' id='educator-ratings-heading'\u003eEducator Ratings\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"educator-ratings-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"all-educator-ratings-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"educator-rating-form-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Show resource details' class='rp-show-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nShow resource details\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Video player' class='player' id='player-wrapper' role='region'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='relative container mx-auto' id='lp-boclips-visitor-thumbnail'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"block\" data-html=\"true\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-trigger=\"click\" data-content=\"\u003cdiv class=\u0026quot;text-center py-2\u0026quot;\u003e\u003ca class=\u0026quot;bold\u0026quot; href=\u0026quot;/auth/users/sign_in\u0026quot;\u003eSign in\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca class=\u0026quot;bold text-danger\u0026quot; data-posthog-event=\u0026quot;Signup: LP Signup Activity\u0026quot; data-posthog-location=\u0026quot;body_link_boclips\u0026quot; data-remote=\u0026quot;true\u0026quot; href=\u0026quot;/subscription/new\u0026quot;\u003eJoin Now\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\" data-title=\"Get Full Access\" data-container=\"body\" rel=\"popover\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Play video: Pablo Picasso exhibition opens in Abu Dhabi\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"resource-img img-thumbnail img-responsive z-10 lp-boclips-thumbnail w-full h-full lozad\" alt=\"Pablo Picasso exhibition opens in Abu Dhabi\" title=\"Pablo Picasso exhibition opens in Abu Dhabi\" onError=\"handleImageNotLoadedError(this)\" data-default-image=\"https://static.lp.lexp.cloud/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/missing.png\" data-src=\"https://static.lp.lexp.cloud/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/missing.png\" width=\"315\" height=\"220\" src=\"data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs\" /\u003e\n\u003cspan aria-hidden='true' class='flex justify-center items-center bg-white rounded-full w-16 h-16 absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 -mt-8 -ml-8 cursor-pointer z-0 border-2 border-primary drop-shadow-md lp-boclips-thumbnail-playBtn'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fa-solid fa-play text-primary text-3xl ml-1 drop-shadow-xl'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}