
Feud Over Paris Opera’s Ceiling Continues
The controversy over the artwork on the ceiling of Paris Opera has reemerged more than 60 years later. In 1960, French Culture Minister André Malraux commissioned a painting from artist Marc Chagall to modernize the ceiling of the Opéra Garnier which would conceal the 19th-century work of Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. The decision leaves people divided to this day. Chagall’s art features {…}
