Culture an agent of change
abu dhabi — MorE tHAn 400 ArtIsts, mEDIA ExpErts, musICIAns AnD CulturAl EntHusIAsts From 80 CountrIEs wErE unItED unDEr onE rooF At CulturE SummIt ABu DHABI 2018 on MonDAy.
THE CulturE SummIt Is tHE worlD’s first HIGH-lEvEl summIt, wHICH AIms to BrInG InDustry lEADErs From tHE Art worlD to look At wAys In wHICH CulturE CAn BuIlD BrIDGEs AnD rAIsE AwArEnEss AmonG soCIEtIEs, As wEll As promotE unIty AnD ACCEptAnCE.
“EvEry onE oF you plAys An InfluEntIAl rolE In DrIvInG CHAnGE towArDs A GrEAtEr unDErstAnDInG oF wHAt wE CAn All ACHIEvE tHrouGH CulturE, AnD BE ADvoCAtEs For tHE rolE oF Art, CrEAtIvIty, EDuCAtIon, AnD tECHnoloGy In EmpowErInG CulturAl unDErstAnDInG,” sAID MoHAmED KHAlIFA Al MuBArAk, CHAIrmAn, DEpArtmEnt oF CulturE AnD TourIsm – ABu DHABI (DCTA).
“WE HAvE sEEn wHAt CulturAl DIAloGuE CAn ACComplIsH tHrouGH LouvrE ABu DHABI, AnD wE wIll ContInuE our DIAloGuE AnD BE lEADErs In utIlIsInG tHIs CulturAl AGEnCy AnD CAtAlysE posItIvE CHAnGE.”
Al MuBArAk notED tHAt tHE UAE CApItAl HAs BlossomED Into tHE HuB oF multI-CulturE AnD Art, AnD Is wElComInG pEoplE From ACross tHE worlD, to wItnEss Its InspIrInG ArtIstIC JournEy.
“CulturE Is tHE AGEnt For CHAnGE, EmpowErmEnt, tolErAnCE AnD ACCEptAnCE, AnD ABu DHABI HAs provEn to BE A GloBAl CEntrE tHAt BrInGs toGEtHEr tHouGHt lEADErs From All ovEr tHE worlD, to ContInuE DIAloGuEs ABout tHE powEr oF CulturE.”
SArA BIn SAFwAn, rEsEArCHEr For GuGGEnHEIm ABu DHABI, wHo Also CurAtED An Art ExHIBItIon At tHIs yEAr’s CulturE SummIt, tolD
Khaleej Times tHAt Artworks ArE not mErEly oBJECts to BE lookED At AnD EnJoyED By vIEwErs, As tHEy sHoulD Also promotE posItIvE CHAnGE In soCIEtIEs.
“HopEFully, tHE nEtworkInG InvolvED wIll HElp pEoplE Go on to CrEAtE FuturE CollABorAtIons, wHICH Is CruCIAl to DEvElopInG Art AnD CulturE lAnDsCApE In tHE UAE,” sHE ADDED.
We strongly believe that culture can bring people together through dialogue, exchange of ideas, and tolerance and acceptance.” Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman, DCTA