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The artist s foundation is threatening to sue the museum for redecorating the space.
February 23, 2021
Cy Twombly in the Salle des Bronzes, one of the oldest sections of the Louvre museum, with his painting above. Photo: Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images.
In 2010, one year before his death, Cy Twombly unveiled a 3,770-square-foot painting on the ceiling of the Louvre’s Salle des Bronzes in Paris. The famed artist’s installation was inspired by the 1,000-some works of ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art on view in the light-colored, airy gallery at the time.
But after the museum recently renovated the space replacing the marble floor with parquet, painting the walls a deep red, and adding a black dado around the perimeter the Cy Twombly Foundation is threatening legal action.
The US artist's foundation says that it was not consulted over the French museum's changes to the Salle des Bronzes the Louvre argues it does not have to