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Bonkers: Saudi Crown Prince MBS paid $450 million for a “Leonardo Da Vinci” painting that experts say is fake, then pressed the French to lie about it to hide his embarrassment, says upcoming documentary https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/04/09/saudi-crown-prince-mbs-pressed-the-louvre-to-lie-about-his-fake-leonardo-da-vinci-per-new-documentary/
Some more detail in this @TheArtNewspaper piece. Predictably, France’s Foreign Minister lobbied on behalf of the Saudis, urging Louvre to authenticate fake painting, but Macron ultimately refused, worried France’s credibility was on the line http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/salvator-mundi-feature-film
“MBS laid down very clear conditions—show the Salvator Mundi beside the Mona Lisa without any other explanation, present it as 100% Leonardo da Vinci. Exhibiting it on their terms would have been laundering a work at $450 million.” https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-louvre-salvator-mundi-attribution-1957477
In J-school they always said sports writers were the best writers https://twitter.com/JGFiegel/status/1381290500557266949?s=20
