Russian Art at Billionaire Arnault’s Foundation Set for Return
- Masterpieces to be returned through safest route, embassy says
- Return of art comes amid calls for new sanctions on Russia
Visitors look at paintings by Pierre Bonnard during the Morozov exhibition, at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.
Photographer: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty ImagesMasterpieces from Russian museums that were featured in an exhibition at billionaire Bernard Arnault’s art foundation in Paris are on track to be returned to their original venues.
Russia had been concerned about the risks of getting them safely back home because of complications from transportation links being cut off following the country’s attack on Ukraine.