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Louvre Abu Dhabi Collection: Piecing history together in the Louvre Museum
“The Louvre Abu Dhabi collection is mindblowing,” I have heard that from art enthusiasts before arriving in UAE. Under the blue sky, in the company of some date palm trees, rising from the white façade is a chaos of shiny metals intricately weaved into one another forming a hemisphere. I am at the entrance of Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, the largest museum in the Middle East. The azure water of the Persian Gulf touches the walkway to the entrance. The sophisticated white lattice screens, better known here as mashrabiyas, border the walkway. The screens cover the roof of the walkway too, exposing the visitors to an interesting play of…