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The Louvre Abu Dhabi: "There''s a decidedly national impulse to this so-called universal museum"

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The world''s most visited art museum is going global…France''s president is on hand to inaugurate the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the project billed as a bridge between civilizations. It''s a megaproject dating back more than a decade, at a cost of 580 million euros. But how much can it accomplish? What are the terms of the deal with the Gulf emirate? And what does France''s most visited tourist attraction contribute to art?

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