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DUBAI: The London home of Victorian artist Lord Frederic Leighton reopened on Saturday after an 18-year, $8.9 million restoration of its interior, including its famous Arab Hall. The Grade II-listed building was restored by architecture firm BDP and reopens to the public with a year-long exhibition program presented across two new gallery spaces.

DUBAI: The Arab Hall in London’s Leighton House Museum has been described by one of the English capital’s walking-tour guides as the city’s “most jaw-dropping room” The story of this sumptuous space begins with one of the Victorian era’s most-distinguished artists and travelers, Lord Frederic Leighton, who was only in his mid-thirties when he started building his red-brick