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French experts to help develop Louvre in Gulf
ABU DHABI — Abu Dhabi yesterday announced the creation of a body comprising some of France’s leading cultural figures to oversee the development of a satellite Louvre musuem in the emirate.
The French Museums agency will help develop the branch of the famed cultural icon on an island off the coast of Abu Dhabi, the emirate’s tourism authority said in a statement.
Under the 30-year agreement, the government of Abu Dhabi will pay 400 million euros ($525 million) just for the Louvre brand name.
Representatives from the Pompidou Centre, the Orsay Museum and the National Library of France are part of the new agency, the statement said.
“The French Museums agency comprises some of the finest minds in the French cultural arena,” Shaikh Sultan bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, head of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, said in the statement.
Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere, leading financer and member of the French Academy of Fine Arts, is chairing the new agency, the statement added.
Construction of the 24,000-square-metre gallery designed by French architect Jean Nouvel will start later this year and cost 83 million euros ($109 million). The government of Abu Dhabi will foot the bill.
The new agency will “supply expertise in the fields of restoration, curatorship and exhibition design,” yesterday’s statement said, adding that “our long-term ambition is to see UAE nationals fully trained in these specialist fields.”
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