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(L-R) Jean-Paul Claverie, adviser to LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault; Rima Abdul-Malak, then French minister of culture; and Christophe Leribault, president of the Musée d'Orsay, stand in front of Gustave Caillebotte’s “La Partie de bateau” (The Boating Party) following its arrival at the museum in Paris in 2023. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP

The group Louis Vuitton (LVMH), a gift to the Musée d’Orsay and a huge tax incentive – business as usual?

Tanguy Gatay, Université Paris Nanterre

In 2023, the French luxury giant LVMH participated in the acquisition of an Impressionist painting by the Musée d’Orsay, a transaction combining patronage, public relations and tax optimisation.
Critics of The Death of Klinghoffer at The Met in New York have claimed the opera is both anti-semitic and glorifies acts of terrorism. EPA/Peter Foley

Risky business? The Klinghoffer protests show opera’s relevance

Peter Tregear, Australian National University

On Monday night in New York, protesters demonstrated against the premiere of John Adams’ 1991 opera The Death of Klinghoffer, at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. Its subject matter is the murder…
It is infantile to pick on one holding company while ignoring the central role of the Australian government. Eoin Blackwell/AAP Image

Artists’ victory over Transfield misses the bigger picture

Joanna Mendelssohn, UNSW

The Biennale of Sydney, which begins on March 21, has announced it will sever ties with its founding partner Transfield, following weeks of pressure from artists angered by the company’s links to Australia’s…

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