Henri Loirette remains in the Louvre
The Council of Ministers of France, a three-year contract extension Louvre director Henri Loirette
Council of Ministers of France, a three-year contract extension director of the Louvre, 57-year old Henry Loirette (Henri Loyrette). This news is likely to please fans of contemporary art. The fact that Loirette, took office in 2001, during his work suggested that some living artists such as Cy Twombly (Cy Twombly) and Anselm Kiefer (Anselm Kiefer), to create a work that now adorn the exposition of the Paris museum.
Prior to lead the Louvre, Loirette, a specialist in French art of the XIX century, since 1978, he worked a curator at the Museum d'Orsay, and later, in 1994 became its director.
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