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Tweeps, have you been to the landmark @LouvreAbuDhabi #Louvre #AbuDhabi? No worries. Got @twitter. Had the chance to visit while in the #UAE for the @MilkenInstitute #MIGlobal #MENASummit. Follow this thread for a #TwitterTour of highlights. louvreabudhabi.ae/?utm_source=GM… #art #museum
Hello #LouvreAbuDhabi! @LouvreAbuDhabi ~ in all directions, the #magic of art & creativity on display. Crossing borders. Crossing cultures. #artmatters #museumlove
#Stunning. This two-headed figure is one of the oldest monumental statues in the history of humanity. It is some 8500 years old. On display at the @LouvreAbuDhabi. 👥

@VisitAbuDhabi #AbuDhabi #LouvreAbuDhabi
Hashtag monumental. #monumental. On display at the @LouvreAbuDhabi #LouvreAbuDhabi
Khaleesi*! Anticipating @GameOfThrones #GameofThrones? Come see the real deal #dragons: a favorite work of #art here at the @LouvreAbuDhabi~a #bronze winged #dragon from the Warring States period of northern #China.

*Aka 👸🐉 Queen Daenerys Targaryen of Dragonstone. #GoT7
Amidst the talk, praise & controversy of #China’s new Silk Road | Belt & Road Initiative, a look at the art & treasure of the old #SilkRoad. Here at the @louvreAbuDhabi. Website👉 louvreabudhabi.ae/?utm_source=GM… #GotCamel 🐪🐫 #dromedary
Interesting to read the references & perspectives on #trade & #colonialism in the @LouvreAbuDhabi art descriptors. And on that note, we pause this #museum #TwitterTour for an #AsiaMinute & a question: Is the #NewSilkRoad #OBOR = a new economic colonialism?
Of empires, past (& present & future?)...
Always #foodforthought when contemplating the past.

#HanEmpire #GrecoRoman #AlexanderTheGreat #art #culture #sculpture | at the @LouvreAbuDhabi #UAE
Who you looking at?
Do not just look. Also, think.
#Buddha

At the @LouvreAbuDhabi 🇦🇪
Some background as my #TwitterTour of the Louvre Abu Dhabi @LouvreAbuDhabi continues. DYK: the #museum’s 12 core galleries—under a stunning #architectural dome—emphasize shared themes & ideas. Come, see #humanity in a new light.

#Architect: @PritzkerPrize winner Jean Nouvel.
“Meditating Buddha, protected by the naga, king of the snakes.”
#Cambodia, 1100-1150
On loan & display at the @LouvreAbuDhabi. #Khmer #KhmerEmpire
We pause this #TwitterTour of the @LouvreAbuDhabi for another #AsiaMinute, & question: should #museum pieces, whether from #Angkor, the #Parthenon or #NativeAmerican burial grounds, be returned to their places of origin? Watch. Discuss. @josebcollazo
In color or #blackandwhite: a vision at every turn. 📷: At the @LouvreAbuDhabi museum. Bookmark this thread ↕️ for a return visit.
#museumlove #museums #TwitterArts
How #Japan saw itself & its place in #Asia & the world, about 1690.
#maps. On folding screens.
@LouvreAbuDhabi

cc: @RobGMacfarlane #日本 #地図 @freddiethekat @japansociety #map
#globalization #firstcontact
#perspective: at @LouvreAbuDhabi

Now watch & ponder this, in an #AsiaMinute: is it time to rethink #trade?
Few can afford a #DaVinci.
#NoWorries. Capture one on your phone. “Portrait of a Woman, called La Belle Ferronnière,” 1495-1499.
📷: @LouvreAbuDhabi #Leonardo #artmatters #museumsmatter
#IP anyone? All about your #perspective. This @LouvreAbuDhabi exhibit notes how through the ages, Europe and China copied and re-invented works of those who had gone before. 🤔 #IntellectualProperty #copyrights ~ #tech #IPR #art #Huawei... #samesamenotdifferent? Discuss...
A little more #Leonardo for you.
#DaVinci not #DiCaprio. @LeoDiCaprio 🤳

At the @LouvreAbuDhabi
DYK: #StarWars was tremendously influenced by #Japan, given George Lucas’s appreciation of venerated Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.

Take a look at this #samurai armor & ponder #DarthVader. From here at @LouvreAbuDhabi insidejapantours.com/blog/2015/12/1…

@Lucasfilm_Ltd @TheAcademy
There’s a #diversity of leadership on these walls. George Washington 🙌 at @LouvreAbuDhabi (& Napoleon on horseback around the corner).
#ImWithGeorge #democracy #governance
Good morning, Abu Dhabi!
#quote. “Common sense is not so common.” ~Voltaire

Marble bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon. On display at @LouvreAbuDhabi
Scenes from a #museum, where the #architecture outside draws as much interest as the masterworks of #art inside. 📷: at the @LouvreAbuDhabi 🇦🇪 #AbuDhabi #UAE
Hey! What are you doing this #weekend? Why not go to a #museum. Tweeps, you show me yours, I show you mine: #museumselfie.

“Arrangement in Grey & Black No. 1,” by James Abbott McNeil Whistler. (also known as #Whistler’s Mother)

📷: at @LouvreAbuDhabi
Here’s looking at you, #Mom, as our #TwitterTour of the @LouvreAbuDhabi continues. Check out this thread ↕️ of highlights from my #museum visit while in 🇦🇪 for @MilkenInstitute #MIGlobal #MENASummit. The relatively new museum encourages us to look @ humanity & art in a new light.
And speaking of #museumweekend… we pause this #TwitterTour for a 60-second look at where America meets Asia: the @FreerSackler #AsianArt #museums of the @smithsonian Institution.

Have a look, in an #AsiaMinute.
#shotoniphone w/ @josebcollazo in DC.
Waiting. #WaitingForMom* at @LouvreAbuDhabi

That being said…
The World's Most Powerful Women 2018: (Amended)

1a. 🙋🏻‍♀️Your #Mom
1b. 🇩🇪 Angela Merkel
2.🇬🇧 Theresa May
3.🇫🇷 Christine Lagarde
4.🇺🇸 Mary Barra
5.🇺🇸 Abigail Johnson
6.🇺🇸 Melinda Gates

(Forbes)
*WhistlersMother
So, Tweeps, what are you #reading this #weekend?
My #TwitterTour of the @LouvreAbuDhabi continues. Swipe ↕️ up|down for #art. Got #Magritte. More via 👉@museummagritte #weekendvibes
And speaking of #reading…, read any good articles lately?

For your consideration, from here in @TheNationalUAE: Every city has the potential to be a “smart city” but… thenational.ae/opinion/commen… #AbuDhabi #UAE #MIGlobal #urbanization #SDGs #sustainability #SustainableCities
Contemplating this “Fountain of Light.” Ai Wei Wei’s monumental artwork fills this last main gallery room of the @LouvreAbuDhabi. Read more @aiww #艾未未 here 👉thenational.ae/arts-culture/a…

The silhouettes: 🙋🏻‍♂️& @Julien_Rashid #artmatters #fastercures #MIGlobal #AiWeiWei #chandelier
Look up! #architecture #magnifique! We take a step outside (but still inside) the @LouvreAbuDhabi. #underthedome #allaboutthelighting

#Architect: Jean Nouvel 🙌 Read more here 👉 jeannouvel.com/en/projects/lo… @archpng @VisitAbuDhabi @TheNationalUAE
Spotlight: under the dome.
Louvre Abu Dhabi, UAE.
@PicPublic
Just when you thought, feared (or hoped 🙄❗️) this #TwitterTour of the @LouvreAbuDhabi was over… There’s more #underthedome.

Onward to the special exhibitions. #Rembrandt. #Vermeer. #Arabia.
louvreabudhabi.ae/?utm_source=GM… #museums #weekend @VisitAbuDhabi
Take a moment & ponder this #Rembrandt etching of a #shell from #Asia.

What does it bring to mind of what (good & bad) came w/ #trade & the Dutch East Indies Companies? This panel ↘️ looks at 17th century #Netherlands. Read more of the Dutch Empire here 👉newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Dutch_Em…
Hey, @Julien_Rashid of @MilkenInstitute @fastercures, what you looking at? So, much to see at @LouvreAbuDhabi.

And where’d @TanishaCarino go? Tweeps, for more on #FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, go to 👉 fastercures.org (& #GoGlobal!). #health #finance
We further interrupt your TwitterFeed for this ”Self-Portrait w/ Magic Scene” (1635-1637) 🙌.

Look closely for the #dinosaur, #crocodile, #alligator and/or #dragon claws. This means you @DustinGrowick
🦖🐊🐉

Got #raptor. On display at the @LouvreAbuDhabi via @Leiden_Collectn
#Vermeer. On display at the @LouvreAbuDhabi in #UAE 🇦🇪. #maketimeforart This #TwitterTour of the Louvre Abu Dhabi continues…
Next stop: #Arabia! This special exhibition has just closed but get ready for a Tweet or two... louvreabudhabi.ae/en/art/exhibit…

At the @LouvreAbuDhabi:
#TwitterTour #MuseumTweets
Whoa. The original #Avengers?! @Avengers | @MarvelStudios @Marvel @captainmarvel @avengers #avengersendgame

#Marvel-ing 💪 at these colossal stone statues from the Arabian peninsula. At @LouvreAbuDhabi.
When my worlds collide. Took a quick break from this #TwitterTour of the @LouvreAbuDhabi & this was on the wall. #GoManga! And while you’re at it, read this on #Alita #AlitaBattleAngel #アリータ The Two Minds of 'Alita: Battle Angel' hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/al… @thr @RICHARDLNEWBY
Hashtag #monumental 💪.
Riyadh, #Archaeology Department Museum, @KingSaudUniversity.
#SaudiArabia. On display recently at @LouvreAbuDhabi
A final indoor photo from this #TwitterTour of the @LouvreAbuDhabi in Abu Dhabi, #UAE 🇦🇪 #LouvreAbuDhabi@VisitAbuDhabi
Back outside, inside, #underthedome of Jean Nouvel’s @LouvreAbuDhabi in the United Arab Emirates. #architecture #lookup! #museums @VisitAbuDhabi #UAE
That being said... were any of my fellow #StarTrek #StarTrekNextGen nerds reminded of the giant #borg cube. One of these images is not the @LouvreAbuDhabi 🤔 #picard
Wrapping up this #TwitterTour of the #LouvreAbuDhabi @LouvreAbuDhabi in Abu Dhabi, UAE. 🇦🇪 For more info, go to: louvreabudhabi.ae & have a look at humanity in a new light!
Thanks all! @Julien_Rashid & my #TwitterTour of #LouvreAbuDhabi concludes. A great way to wrap Milken Institute #MIGlobal #MENASummit 2019.

For more on Team #MilkenInstitute, check out: @MIAging @MI_AsiaCtr @MI_CFM @MilkenInstitute @MIPhilanthropy @fastercures @TanishaCarino
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