Russia Grappling With Taking Home Its $1.5 Billion Art in France

Ambassador flags risk of problems for return of loaned art
Morozov exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton ends on April 3

Visitors look at a triptych by Pierre Bonnard at the Morozov exhibition at the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris on Sept. 15, 2021. Photographer: Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images

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By Angelina Rascouet, Ania Nussbaum, and Samy Adghirni

March 15, 2022 at 10:33 AM EDT

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Russia, which loaned its famed Morozov Collection to the art center set up by France’s wealthiest man Bernard Arnault, is concerned about the risks of getting it safely back home.

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