Paris: Louvre Loves Americana |
 Okay, not Americana, but American art, which it affectionately refers to as "New World" art. Under the leadership of Henri Loyrette since 2001, the Louvre (pictured with TravelPoster carlysherwood) has taken its exhibits and projects in directions that would have previously seemed too daring or controversial. This year the museum, which attracts 7.3 million visitors annually, is reaching out to Americans in three ways:
The venerable French museum will embrace all things American this year, mounting an exhibit of New World painters, featuring author Toni Morrison for three weeks and loaning hundreds of treasures to Atlanta's High Museum of Art in an ambitious three-year partnership.
Devoting an entire exhibit to American art, inviting a celebrated American writer to participate in a three-week program and entering a lengthy agreement with an American museum are big steps for the Louvre, which counts just three American works of art in its entire permanent collection.
Louvre Museum Going American
The Louvre official site
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POSTED BY SYSADMIN - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006
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