The Grand opening will take place on November 11. The Museum was built 10 years

agreement between the Louvre and the United Arab Emirates on the construction of a branch of the Paris Museum on Saadiyat island in Abu-Даби was signed in 2007, and since then the opening date of the Museum, built by the French architect Jean Nouvel, has repeatedly shifted. First it was 2012, then 2013-й, and so until November of this year. But this time, it seems to be, that's for sure: opening date appointed, the Arab sheikhs have photographed in the interiors of the Museum, leading Western media have written about it.

the construction of the complex cost the UAE in the amount of from 80 to 110 million euros. About 750 million euros was paid to the Louvre for the right to use his name for 30 years and for the right to rent about 300 works from the Louvre and other leading French state museums, including the Orsay, the Pompidou Centre and others and it is not about what-то exhibited little things collecting dust in the vaults, and the first-class masterpieces gems of the collections of French museums. Among them: "Beautiful Ferronera" Leonardo Da Vinci from the Louvre, "the Flutist" (1866) Edouard Manet "Gare St-Лазар" (1877) by Claude Monet from the collection of the musée d'orsay, "still life with Magnolia" (1941) by Henri Matisse from the collection of the Centre Pompidou, the works of Titian, Vincent van Gogh, Jacques-Луи David, Auguste Rodin, Andy Warhol, etc. the lease is for 10 years, but with a caveat: each of the works will be on display in Abu-Даби one year.

the Exhibition of the Louvre Abu-Даби will reflect the history of world art from ancient times to the present. It will be the world's first "universal Museum", — says its Director Manuel Rabat. Special attention deserves the building of the Museum. Project by Jean Nouvel for all its modernity is full of Oriental flavour. The complex consists of 60 white buildings, covered with a single 180-метровым openwork dome. Daylight pours in through the countless holes of the dome, creating the effect of "light rain" and reminds us of the lattice screens, moucharaby in traditional Arabic houses, through which you can observe what is happening on the street, but at the same time remain invisible. And at night the dome is lit like filigree Moroccan lantern.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: telegraph.co.uk, theguardian.com, artinvestment.ru