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Louvre gears up for Leonardo da Vinci retrospective
The Louvre in Paris is putting the finishing touches to an ambitious Leonardo da Vinci retrospective opening on Oct. 18, which groups more than 160 of the artist's works and has already attracted close to 200,000 advance visitor bookings.
Italy rejects bid to stop iconic Da Vinci loan to Louvre
An Italian court on Oct. 16 rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic "Vitruvian Man" drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row.