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Louvre Abu Dhabi Claims They Own Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi" [UPDATE 2]
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is now claiming it owns the world's most expensive artwork.
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This week in art news: wildfires forced the Getty Center and Skirball Cultural Center to close, the buyer of Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi" was revealed, and President Trump drastically reduced the size of two US National Monuments.
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A Cardboard Box Alternative to Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms
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"Tortured" Artists Are Actually Less Creative, Study Suggests
In a new paper, two economists argue that artists' creative output suffers in the periods immediately following the death of a loved one.
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Artist Alleges Raghubir Singh Assaulted Her, Stages #MeToo Performance at His Retrospective
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Jewish Museum Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims Against Curator Jens Hoffmann [UPDATED]
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Over 120 Prominent Artists and Scholars Call on NYC to Take Down Racist Monuments
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Activists Project Messages of Resistance and Solidarity on Border Wall Prototypes
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This week in art news: the director of the Louvre revealed he's negotiating for a loan of "Salvator Mundi," Egypt accused a 95-year-old Australian woman of looting antiquities, and a federal judge refused to release a Gardner Museum heist person of interest from domestic confinement.
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Is Leonardo’s “Salvator Mundi” Going to the Louvre? [UPDATED]
The museum's director says he is in talks with the buyer of the record-setting painting to display it in Paris next year.
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