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Billionaire Saadé Family Gives Louvre’s New Department a Major Boost

Tanya Saadé Zeenny and Rudolph Saadé at the Cedre conference at The Foreign Affairs Ministry in 2018. Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images A new curatorial department at the Louvre that …

LVMH Gives the Louvre $16M to Help Acquire a Chardin Masterpiece

by Haddis Thomas

LVMH Gives the Louvre M to Help Acquire a Chardin Masterpiece

For over a year, the Louvre has fought to acquire an 18th-century painting by Jean Siméon Chardin for its national collection. Now, the museum is receiving help in the form …