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June 10, 2008
Duran Duran plays a fundraiser at the Louvre
The dinner is part of a series of events sponsored by the American Friends of the Louvre, a U.S. nonprofit organization set up in December 2002 to help the museum fund renovations and build ties with U.S. counterparts. AFL has pledged $4 million toward the Louvre's 18th-century decorative-arts galleries, and it already has raised $550,000."The fact that the Louvre is seeking outside patronage doesn't bother me. It depends what the patrons are getting in exchange,'' said Didier Rykner, an art historian whose Internet site La Tribune de l'Art (English version: http://www.thearttribune.com) has been a vocal critic of the Louvre's Atlanta and Abu Dhabi ventures. "If it's a gala dinner with Duran Duran playing underneath the pyramid, that's fine.''
I wonder how he means that? Is the pyramid a piece of 80s nostalgia, like a Duran Duran concert?
Posted by CrankyProfessor at June 10, 2008 7:03 AM