Louvre Abu Dhabi director Manuel Rabaté leaves to head India’s largest private art museum

On 2 February 2026, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in New Delhi appointed Manuel Rabaté as its first chief executive and director, marking his move from the Louvre Abu Dhabi, where he has been inaugural director since 2016. Rabaté joins as KNMA prepares to relocate from a shopping-mall site to a purpose-built, 100,000 sq. m complex near Indira Gandhi International Airport designed by David Adjaye Associates, expected to open in “two to three years.” Founded in 2010 by Kiran Nadar, KNMA says the new campus will be the largest museum and cultural centre in South Asia, with exhibition, performance and theatre spaces, plus a library, archive and education centre. Rabaté will work alongside KNMA leaders including chief curator Roobina Karode and acquisitions/development director Deepanjana Klein.

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