Pablo Picasso once said that “the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls”, and once again Abu Dhabi did not disappoint us.
Apart from the new Louvre, Guggenheim and Zayed National Museum , which are in the works and should be completed in the next few years, here are the other cultural and artistic opportunities we have heard so far, but many more are to come!

• The Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation
• The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage
• The Swiss Art Gate website
• An art and culture group can be found on Internations.
• Art Hub, art community in Abu Dhabi.
• The Time Out Tickets website has always a list of the latest theatre events

• Maritime traditions in UAE
• Traditional songs and dances of the UAE
• Traditional sports of the UAE
• Dress traditions in the UAE
• Food traditions in the UAE

• Qasr al Hosn Festival – (website) – (blog1) (blog2)

• Zayed Center – (blog post)
• Manarat Al Saadiyat Museum – (website)
• UAE Pavillion – (website)
• Emirates Palace – (blog post) – (website)
• Qasr Al Hosn – (blog post)
• Etihad Modern Art Gallery – (blog post) – (website)
• The Light Box and Bridge Gallery, inside Yas Viceroy Hotel – (blog post)
• Ghaf Art Gallery – (blog post) – (website)
• Alif Art Gallery – (website)

• The National Theatre – (blog post)
  
• Resuscitation Theatre Company – (website)
• Emirates Palace – (website)
• Al Jaheli Theatre – (website)

• The Sorbonne University Auditorium also hosts interesting conferences and concerts. (blog post)
• For classical music lovers: the website of the NSO Symphony Orchestra.

• Abu Dhabi Choral Group – (website)
• Abu Dhabi Chamber Choir – 02 619 5313
• St Andrew’s Anglican Church Choir – (website)
• Abu Dhabi Summer Choir – (contact details)
• Al Khubairat Singers – (facebook)
• Voices of Harmony – (facebook)
• Abu Dhabi Soul – email abudhabisoulsings@gmail.com
• Blue Fever A Cappella Jazz Ensemble – (facebook)
• More about Music

• Local writers Seumas Gallacher and Jody J. Ballard writing workshops.
• Meetup Book Club
• Meetup Philosophy Group.
• Poet’s Corner – Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation: Poets and followers of poetry meet to share their love of this literary art form. For more information, call 050 616 7890
• Abu Dhabi National Library – (website)
• Daly Community Library – (website)
• Al Shaheen Library and Readers Club – (website)