the louvre is going to permanently loan part of its collection to a new branch office in, of all places, abu dhabi. why? for money. naturally. so as to fund "new acquisitions" (don't laugh). they say.
this is crazy. those works of art are the patrimony of western civilization. they have no business being on saracen territory.
art is a fixed commodity. the real thing stopped being produced long ago. art is finite and precious. it's not to be given away.
where is french cultural chauvanism when you really need it?
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4 comments:
The Louvre collections include a gigantic amount of Egyptian, Islamic, Assyrian and more generally speaking Middle-Eastern antiques.
(So does the Met.)
What business this patrimony of Eastern civilization has on Western territory?
Plus, as far as I understood it six months ago when the agreement was signed, the Louvre is supposed to loan Abu Dhabi 300 artworks in rotation (for a maximum of 2 years per artwork), which is 1% of what they expose and 0.1% of what they own. I don't exactly consider that as "giving art away".
(And I'm afraid I don't understand why the mention of new acquisitions should be laughable?)
Hmmmm interesting. One thinks the French need to be sorted out.
Gretta x
I thought the case of the Greeks moving the Acropolis last week was an excellent way to make the point that the Elgin marbles belong in Britain. Where stuff like that is LOOKED AFTER. Ptcha.
that's very colonial of you
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