DUBAI: Authorities in Abu Dhabi say the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “Salvator Mundi” at the Louvre Abu Dhabi has been indefinitely postponed.
Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism tweeted Monday about the delay, saying “more details will be announced soon.”
The department did not respond to a request for comment.
The Renaissance oil painting of Christ, whose title in Latin means “Savior of the World,” sold for a record-breaking $450 million at an auction in New York at Christie’s in November.
The painting depicts a blue-robed Jesus holding a crystal orb and gazing directly at the viewer.
It was to be displayed from Sept. 18.
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Louvre Abu Dhabi delays exhibition of da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’
Louvre Abu Dhabi delays exhibition of da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’
- Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi was recently on auction at Christie’s New York
- The unveiling of the painting has been indefinitely postponed
Highlights from Saher Nassar’s ‘Chronicles from the Storm’ exhibition in Dubai
DUBAI: Here are three highlights from Saher Nassar’s ‘Chronicles from the Storm,’ which runs until March 18 at Zawyeh Gallery in Dubai.
‘Chronicles No. 1’
In his latest solo exhibition, the Palestinian artist “reimagines events that push past emotional capacity toward moral exhaustion, questioning the ethical certainty of the human spirit when faced with immense suffering,” according to the show catalogue, with works that “contemplate the devaluation of hope as a fundamental factor of human survival, sometimes revealed as currency for escape, sometimes seen in people resorting to their primal instincts to endure.”
‘Chronicles No. 8’
“Drawing from both personal and collective experiences, the exhibition unfolds as a layered reflection on how repeated trauma reshapes perception, belief, and the instinct to survive,” a press release for the show states. “Nasser translates lived realities into visual studies that move beyond immediate reaction. Rather than seeking resolution or catharsis, the works dwell in a state of moral exhaustion.”
‘Chronicles No. 3’
In “Chronicles from the Storm,” the UAE-based multidisciplinary artist is not attempting to offer answers, the press release suggests; rather, he is “bearing witness” and “inviting viewers to sit with unresolved questions and the uneasy persistence of the human spirit in the aftermath of the storm.” The works on show “carry a restrained intensity, resisting spectacle in favor of contemplation,” the release continues.
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