The Sarcophagus Deal: How Global Museums Became Complicit in the Art of Looting The grand opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi in 2017 marked a new era in cross cultural collaboration, with French President Emmanuel Macron celebrating the museum as an antidote to global conflict and imperialism.
However, this "universal" museum has become embroiled in a scandal that exposes the darker side of international art collecting.
A Tutankhamun stele at the heart of the controversy raises disturbing questions about the provenance of artifacts acquired by some of the world's most prestigious museums.