Be moved in a
thousand ways

As Saadiyat Cultural District Abu Dhabi emerges as a new global centre of culture, journey into the centre of creativity and curiosity as cultural leaders from around the world deliver a message on the transformative power of culture to unite, inspire and open minds.

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Advocates

Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak

Chairman, Department of Culture and Tourism

Lord Norman Foster

Lord Founder and Executive Chairman, Foster + Partners

will.i.am

Global Music Artist, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

Takashi Kudo

Communications Director teamLabs

Idris Khan, OBE

Artist

Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim

Artist

Idris Elba, OBE

Actor, Musician, Entrepreneur

Azza Al Qubaisi

Artist and Product Designer

Dr. Najat Makki

Artist

Pascale Marthine Tayou

Artist

Dr. Mariët Westermann

Vice-Chancellor, New York University Abu Dhabi and Director and CEO, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museums

Lang Lang

Pianist

Luciana Abait

Artist

Roxanne Zand DL

Founder Zand FineArts

Anoushka Mirchandani

Artist

H.E. Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh

Cultural Advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates

H.E. Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi

Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs UAE

Nuno Fontaraa

Partner, Mecanoo Architects

Radhika Khimji

Artist

Souraya Noujaim

Director, Islamic Art Department – Musée du Louvre, Paris

Lee Mingwei

Social Conceptual Artist

Mayssa Kara

Artistic Director, Berklee Abu Dhabi

Tim Marlow

Chief Executive and Director Design Museum

Wael Al Awar

Principal Architect and Founder, waiwai

Afra Al Dhaheri

Artist

Ayushmann Khurrana

Actor, Artiste, Advocate

Coming soon


Oprah Winfrey

Muhammed Hamed