Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island will be the first place Larry Gagosian shows a portion of his personal art collection. Here are some excerpts from the press release announcing the four-month show starting in late September:

Tourism  Development  &  Investment  Company  (TDIC)  at  Manarat  Al  Saadiyat  presents  the  world  premiere  of RSTW (Rauschenberg,  Ruscha,  Serra,  Twombly,  Warhol  and  Wool),  a  novel  exhibition  of  masterpieces  from  the  private  collection  of  one  of  the  art  world’s  preeminent  figures,  Larry  Gagosian.  This  event  will  challenge  the  perception  of  what  it  means  to  be  simultaneously  a  private  collector  and  public  figure,  while  instigating  a  paradigm  shift  in  modern  aesthetic  experiences.  In  Abu  Dhabi,  new  dimensions  are  explored;  RSTW will  explore  the  collector  behind  the  art  dealer.[…] Each  of  these  epoch defining  artists  has  expanded  the  discursive  parameters  of  contemporary  art,  for  instance,  Rauschenberg’s  formal  bricolage  that  mixes  abstract  expressionism  and  everyday  objects  such  as  in  the  seminal  Overdrive (1963);  Serra’s  redefinition  of  sculpture  with  his  monumental  dynamics  in  Malmo  Roll (1984);  and  Warhol’s  iconic  Pop  works,  such  as  Brillo  Soap  Pads  Box (1960)  and  Mao (1972)  that  form  the  single  most  influential  deconstruction  of  mass media  culture.  These  masterpieces  –  painting,  sculptures,  drawings,  and  photography  –  have  never  before  been  exhibited  together.  They  arrive  at  a  time  when  Abu  Dhabi  is  making  huge  strides  in  the  development  of  its  cultural  platform  at  Saadiyat  Island;  a  unique  space  for  the  examination  and  experimentation  of  arts  and  culture. Anne  Baldassari,  Curator and Chairman of the National Picasso Museum, Paris,  was  invited  to  interpret  Gagosian’s  collection,  as  the  exhibition’s  curator.[…] RSTW is  a  major  step  in  the  realisation  of  TDIC  Cultural  Department’s  aim  to  provide  a  platform  for  an  experiential  explorationof  art  and  culture.  RSTW –  as  an  exhibition  that  dares  to  challenge  and  generate  new  conceptions  of  art  –  is  emblematic  of  Abu  Dhabi’s  overall  cultural  strategy.  The  variety  of  forms  and  techniques  of  the  works  on  show  highlights  TDIC’s  holistic  method  of  developing  the  Abu  Dhabi  arts  scne,  in  both  instigating  aesthetic  discourses,  while  building  a  platform  for  audience  engagement.  TDIC  is  displaying  some  of  the  world’s  indubitable  masterpieces  to  an  older  generation  who  might  never  have  experienced  such  wrks,  and  to  the  younger  generation  who  are  in  the  process  of  defining  their  own  artistic  and  cultural  impressions.