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The door of RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain opened in December 2020 featuring Sheikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa's private collection and own oeuvre. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

First wall painting by Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa at the age of 16, showcased in RAK Art Foundation, a newly opened art gallery in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

RAK Art Foundation is located in Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa's renovated childhood home in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

From left: 'The Honor and Glory of Whaling' (1991) by Frank Stella, and 'Man on a Horse' (2008) by Fernando Botero, at RAK Art Foundation in Riffa, Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

'Oro' (2009) by Juan Genoves, acrylic on canvas, shown at RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

'Spectrum' (2021), a series by Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa, exhibited at the RAK Art Foundation. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

An external view of RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

From left: 'La Vie' (1995) by Kenji Yoshida, and 'A Horns Chair' (1995) by Ron Arad, at RAK Art Foundation. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

From left: 'Pulse' (2000) by Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa and 'Untitled (Series)' (2012) by Rafa Al Nasiri, at RAK Art Foundation. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

The door of RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain opened in December 2020 featuring Sheikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa's private collection and own oeuvre. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

First wall painting by Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa at the age of 16, showcased in RAK Art Foundation, a newly opened art gallery in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

RAK Art Foundation is located in Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa's renovated childhood home in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

From left: 'The Honor and Glory of Whaling' (1991) by Frank Stella, and 'Man on a Horse' (2008) by Fernando Botero, at RAK Art Foundation in Riffa, Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

'Oro' (2009) by Juan Genoves, acrylic on canvas, shown at RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

'Spectrum' (2021), a series by Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa, exhibited at the RAK Art Foundation. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

An external view of RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

From left: 'La Vie' (1995) by Kenji Yoshida, and 'A Horns Chair' (1995) by Ron Arad, at RAK Art Foundation. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

From left: 'Pulse' (2000) by Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa and 'Untitled (Series)' (2012) by Rafa Al Nasiri, at RAK Art Foundation. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

The door of RAK Art Foundation in Bahrain. Courtesy RAK Art Foundation / Marine Terlizzi

Bahrain's RAK Art Foundation: inside Sheikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa's new art gallery

The gallery is based in a converted house where the painter and member of the kingdom's royal family was raised

Daniel Robinson

May 26, 2021

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