Much about Leonardo Da Vinci remains an enigma: the smile of the “Mona Lisa”; why the world’s most famous painter left so many works unfinished; and more recently, who bought the contentious “Salvator Mundi.”
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Louvre opens center to protect art from flooding
Lievin (AP/UNB) — The Louvre has opened a new art conservation center some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Paris to protect the museum’s priceless artworks from its flood-prone reserves. The Louvre Conservation Center was inaugurated Tuesday in Lievin in northern…
World’s most expensive painting coming to Louvre Abu Dhabi
Art gallery Louvre Abu Dhabi has announced that the world’s most expensive painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, will go on display in September. The announcement comes after the gallery confirmed it would be hosting the 500-year-old artwork in a…