Next generation of Guggenheim family finds home in Abu Dhabi

“Next generation of Guggenheim family finds home in Abu Dhabi”

When Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on December 11, it will carry a family name that has helped shape modern art for nearly a century. Long before visitors queued outside its museums, mining magnate Solomon R Guggenheim was buying abstract paintings with the encouragement of artist Hilla Rebay in the 1920s, building a collection that would eventually need a home of its own. Decades later, his niece Peggy’s support was integral to artists who were struggling to make a living. In 1943, she offered…