Thursday, March 17, 2011

Guggenheim Threatened With Boycott Over Abu Dhabi Project - NYTimes.com

Guggenheim Threatened With Boycott Over Abu Dhabi Project - NYTimes.com

By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
Published: March 16, 2011
"A group of more than 130 artists, including many prominent figures in the Middle Eastern art world, says it will boycott the $800 million Guggenheim museum being built in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, unless conditions for the foreign laborers at the site are improved."