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# Guggenheim Responds to Saturday's G.U.L.F. Protest Action
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/guggenheim-responds-to-saturdays-g-u-l-f-protest-action/
- Published: 2014-02-24T16:17:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:37:16.000Z
- Description: Today, the Guggenheim provided Hyperallergic with the following statement from Director Richard Armstrong in response to our request for comment on Saturday night's protest action in the museum by G.U.L.F.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: News, G.U.L.F., Guggenheim Museum, Gulf Labor, Occupy Museums, Protest, Richard Armstrong, Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:03 (2014, 2015, part 1)

![Left, Richard Armstrong Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation (Photo: David M. Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, 2012), and, right,  the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Photograph by David Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York) ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/02/2012_richard_armstrong_gugg-640.jpg)

Left, Richard Armstrong Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation (Photo: David M. Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, 2012), and, right, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Photograph by David Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York)

Today, the Guggenheim provided Hyperallergic with the following statement from Director Richard Armstrong in response to our request for comment on [Saturday night’s protest action in the museum by G.U.L.F.](https://hyperallergic.com/protest-action-erupts-inside-guggenheim-museum/) (Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction):

> The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is engaged in ongoing, serious  
> discussions with our most senior colleagues in Abu Dhabi regarding the  
> issues of workers’ rights. As global citizens, we share the concerns  
> about human rights and fair labor practices and continue to be committed  
> to making progress on these issues. At the same time, it is important to  
> clarify that the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is not yet under construction.  
>  
> Richard Armstrong, Director  
> Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation

**UPDATE**: G.U.L.F. has since [responded](https://hyperallergic.com/g-u-l-f-responds-to-guggenheim-calls-on-museum-to-open-its-doors-to-free-public-assembly/) to Armstrong’s statement.