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专八阅读预测TEXTAUntilrecently,theLouvre,France'siconicmuseumwouldn'thavedreamedofrollingouttheredcarpetforin ternationalpartygoers,howeverrich,allowingfoodanddrinktobeservedinagallery.FundraisersmaybestandardpracticeatAmericanmuseums,butthennoAmericanmuseumisliketheLouvrewhichhasservedasthestate-fundedbastionofhighcultureinFranceformuchofits800-yearhistory.AsuccessionofFrenchKingsbuilttheirartcollectionsthere,andin1793,shortlyaftertheFrenchRevolution,itwasturnedintoamuseumthatisnoweasi lythemostpopularintheworld.Lastyearitdrew8.3miilionvisitors—morethanamillionofthemAmerican.Buttimesarechanging,statefundsaretight,andtheLouvrehasanambitiousdirectornamedHenriLoyrette,whoisseekingtopullthevenerableinstitutionintoanewera.Tappingrichpeoplearoundtheglobeforfundingisjustoneofthechangeshe'sbroughtaboutsincebecomingdirectorin2001.ArmedwithavisionoftheLouvreasabeaconofculturethatisbothaccessibleandglobal,hehassetinmotionadramaticopeningtotheoutsideworld.Sofar,thatincludessigningadealtocreateaLouvremuseuminAbuDhabi—afranchisingconceptpioneeredbytheGuggenheim—andstagingexhibitionsofthemuseum'streasuresinsuchplacesasKobe,Japan,andMacau.U.S.museumsareparticularlybenefiting,andnotj'usttheusualLouvrepartnerslikeNewYorkCity'sMetropolitanMuseumofArt.Loyrettesetupanunprecedentedthree-yearpartnershipwiththeHighMuseuminAtlantaandhassentexhibitionstocitieslikeSeattleandOklahomaCity.Mostcontroversially,hehasinvitedcontemporaryartiststoexhibitattheLouvreandevendecoratedit—provokinghowlsofprotestsfromFrenchdetractors.Loyrette,56,sayshisgoalisnottobecontroversialj'ustforthesakeofit.Butheinsists,"Inahouselikethis,youneedtoopenthewindows.Wehadn'tairedforalongtime."Someofwhathe'sdoingisexperimental,heac knowledges.Therearesomelimits.TheLouvrestiiltakesitspublic-servicemissionveryseriously,anditslendingpolicyisn'tlimitlesseither;earlierthisyear,theLouvrepulledoutofashowthataprivatepromoterwasmountinginVero na,Italy.TheLouvrewouldhavereceived$6.4miilionforitsparticipation,buttheideaofworkingonaco
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