Programme

From 10am 
Arts Abu Dhabi Gallery 
RSTW From the Private Collection of Larry Gagosian
Featuring works by Rauschenberg, Ruscha, Serra, Twombly, Warhol and Wool. Don´t miss your last chance to see this exciting display of painting, sculptures, drawings and photography from the private collection of one of the art world´s preeminent figures

3pm
Arts Abu Dhabi Gallery Film Room 
Film Screening- Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene: 1940- 1970
Director Emile de Antonio interviews artists in their studios about their art from the period of Abstract Expressionism, through Hard Edge and Colour Field painting to Pop Art

5pm  
Arts Abu Dhabi Gallery Film Room
Film Screening- Herb and Dorothy
Herb and Dorothy tells the story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel who managed to build one of the most important art collections in history with very modest means and in doing so, redefined what it means to be an art collector

From 6pm 
Art Studio- Central Events Gallery
Art Workshops- Cool Compositions
Inspired by artworks in RSTW create your own cool composition, a unique piece of contemporary art experimenting with process such as Image Transfer, Stencilling, Collage and Text.  Workshop is open to all ages.

6:30pm 
Outside terrace, Fanr Restaurant
Spoken Word Performance by Hala Ali
Spoken word artist Hala Ali will deliver an original piece based on RSTW, encompassing the context behind the works and exploring the significance of their current time, space and place

7pm  
Outside terrace, Fanr Restaurant
Performance- Cool Jam Session
After a musical exchange surrounded by the art of RSTW Takht Al Emarat and the Wayne Escoffery Quartet will perform a joint improvisation set

7pm
Arts Abu Dhabi Gallery Film Room
Film Screening- The Cool School: How LA learned to love Modern Art
The Cool School focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery and its proprietors, Walter Hopps and Irving Blum who groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into competitive, brilliant artists

8pm 
Outside terrace, Fanr Restaurant 
Performance- Wayne Escoffery Quartet
Direct from New York´s Jazz at the Lincoln Center the Wayne Escoffery Quartet will perform contemporary compositions inspired by RSTW, as well as their own classic works

9pm  
Outside terrace, Fanr Restaurant
Performance- Takht Al Emarat
Takht Al Emarate’s 7 member Emirati Band will be playing their original compositions and pieces of  traditional music from the Arab region. Takht Al Emarat has had  recent world-wide recognition having played in Korea, Canada and both WOMAD Abu Dhabi and the United Kingdom.