Construction on the long-delayed project is expected to take three to four years

Spiralling costs of museum project chiefly to blame for bankruptcy, say press reports

Leonardo da Vinci’s La Belle Ferronière will remain on loan to the museum for another year

The Art Newspaper invites Matthew Landrus to expand on his theory on attribution to Leonardo and studio

Under new partnership, the London museum will lend key objects to the new institution in Abu Dhabi

Abdulnasser Gharem’s painting about Sunni-Shia divide was removed from Brigitte Schenk's stand at organisers' request

The pair were blindfolded then interrogated for up to 10 hours by authorities over their coverage of migrant workers

Art dealer Thaddaeus Ropac and curator Maya Allison tell us how the nation’s creative ambitions have blossomed. Plus: Silver Lion-winning musician and artist Hassan Khan on his Abu Dhabi Art performance

As Abu Dhabi Art fair opens, we speak to the Saudi artists Manal Al Dowayan and Ahmed Mater. Plus: Iraq's Dia Azzawi on creating the Arab world's Guernica

Some dealers at the fair report brisk early business but say big sales are a waiting game

Is the UAE now the art capital of the Middle East?

This year’s fair has 13 new exhibitors and is hoping for more international visitors

Not just a spectacular building, the museum is a treasure house of art arranged in a radical, intercultural manner

The founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, set up an archaeological programme that anticipates the creation of Louvre Abu Dhabi