Souraya Noujaim appointed director of Louvre Abu Dhabi

The appointment puts the focus on a museum professional used to moving between collections, research, and the ways artworks are interpreted for the public. At Louvre Abu Dhabi, where the presentation of objects and stories is central to the visitor experience, that continuity matters as much as the title itself.

For artists and for anyone interested in drawing and painting, Noujaim’s background is notable for the attention it gives to visual languages, techniques, and historical context. Her current role at the Louvre’s Islamic Arts department involves collections where looking closely means following line, surface, pattern, and the logic of making.

Her return to Abu Dhabi also points to the curatorial choices that shape how works are seen: how galleries are arranged, how collections speak to one another, and how different visual traditions are placed in conversation. Those decisions influence what a painting, a drawing, or an object reveals, and how viewers learn to read it.