Under intense intellectual and critical perspective on art purists, the Museum Paris Louvre finalized the agreement to sell its exclusive franchise to Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE.
The news was confirmed today by the French Culture Minister Christine Albanel, who said his country will be one billion euros in the course of 30 years, a sum to be allocated to museums.
-who contribute to the development of the Louvre in Abu Dhabi with the construction loan will have economic benefits, but much of the money will go to construction in the outskirts of Paris a research, restoration and training, "he said.
Albanel told a group of correspondents, following a press conference the head of state, Nicolas Sarkozy, there are many ideas around the building to be constructed with such funds in the suburbs of Paris.
store will also be a work of art from the Louvre's own funds, the Orsay, Decorative Arts and Fine Arts, said.
The controversial Louvre in Abu Dhabi had the design of French architect Jean Nouvel, will rise at a cost of 83 million euros in an area of \u200b\u200b24 thousand square meters, where work eight thousand rooms.
already advanced in concept, the new museum should be completed within a period of five or six years. The formalization of the agreement does not mean the end a long controversy.
Paris joins the trend set by the Guggenheim in New York, which sold the franchise to the same Arab country. However, controversy remains here.
El-Louvre Abu Dhabi will be devoted mainly to Western art, whose works will be provided by French museums.
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