Louvre Abu Dhabi
Star-latticed dome floating over a museum island, built through a landmark cross-border cultural licensing deal.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Louvre Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi opens at a Christie's auction in New York in November 2017, where a restored painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci set a record, and asks who was really bidding. Back in the galleries, it turns to Jean Nouvel's dome, with its layered aluminium stars and the seawater lapping at the walls. Best heard standing under the dome.
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