Salvator Mundi, one of Leonardo da Vinci’s 20 authenticated works sold for $450 million. This being the highest auction biddings to date. It turns out the man behind this is Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who bought the painting with bigger ideals than it being a decorative item. It’s to be exhibited in the Louvre Abu Dhabi, where he hopes will help diversify the oil focused economy. With the growing amount of art in the UAE, the prince hopes that it will eventually become a cultural hub and more developed region.
Art is definitively a good step in the right direction for diversity and development of its people. While there might be somethings that are more pressing issues at the movement, it’s important to focus on things like this too. Art is a good way to bind people together, grow and develop a country, while it can also speak creative ideas and ingenuity, allowing for the development and transformation of a country into a stronger and more diverse one.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/11/investing/salvatore-mundi-buyer-abu-dhabi/index.html
I'm glad the art is going somewhere where it will be appreciated by many.
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ReplyDeleteI’m happy that people have realized how art itself can shape a country. It kinda makes me feel bad for saying I’ll buy it for 500m dollars to put it in some muesem because back when the news was first out people thought it was being privately owned. But anyway YAY! I hope that this art inspires many of the people in Prince Mohammad’s country.
That is so awesome that he is doing that. Art enhances life in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteOlivia Wall- That is an incredible amount of money, and it should be very well respected because of how important art is.
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