![A French Museum Agency Ignored Red Flags When It Advised the Louvre Abu Dhabi to Purchase Antiquities, a New Report Finds A French Museum Agency Ignored Red Flags When It Advised the Louvre Abu Dhabi to Purchase Antiquities, a New Report Finds](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2017/12/Abu-Dhabi-Crown-Prince-Mohammed-bin-Zayed-Al-Nahyan-at-the-louvre-1024x716.jpg)
A French Museum Agency Ignored Red Flags When It Advised the Louvre Abu Dhabi to Purchase Antiquities, a New Report Finds
![The Louvre Abu Dhabi will open this year and curator Jean-Luc Martinez is just a bit terrified | Wallpaper The Louvre Abu Dhabi will open this year and curator Jean-Luc Martinez is just a bit terrified | Wallpaper](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EJRSsEFHSrtpbwQM3R7hk7-415-80.jpg)
The Louvre Abu Dhabi will open this year and curator Jean-Luc Martinez is just a bit terrified | Wallpaper
![Antiquities trafficking charges against former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez and curator Jean-François Charnier could be dropped | USA Art News Antiquities trafficking charges against former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez and curator Jean-François Charnier could be dropped | USA Art News](https://usaartnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Q5VhNxgHQCOWjVY7qBc4Q0qVdhpSrgQTuah7R9le.jpg)
Antiquities trafficking charges against former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez and curator Jean-François Charnier could be dropped | USA Art News
![Musée du Louvre on Twitter: ""I am convinced that for future generations the @LouvreAbuDhabi will be one of the reasons that give meaning to our lives" Jean-Luc Martinez https://t.co/a7yuSyeO9y" / Twitter Musée du Louvre on Twitter: ""I am convinced that for future generations the @LouvreAbuDhabi will be one of the reasons that give meaning to our lives" Jean-Luc Martinez https://t.co/a7yuSyeO9y" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOBQX4dX0AARBnc.jpg)
Musée du Louvre on Twitter: ""I am convinced that for future generations the @LouvreAbuDhabi will be one of the reasons that give meaning to our lives" Jean-Luc Martinez https://t.co/a7yuSyeO9y" / Twitter
![France Suspends Duties of Embattled Former Louvre Director Jean-Luc Martinez From Ambassadorship and Creates an Art-Trafficking Task Force France Suspends Duties of Embattled Former Louvre Director Jean-Luc Martinez From Ambassadorship and Creates an Art-Trafficking Task Force](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2021/04/GettyImages-1224905838-1024x683.jpg)
France Suspends Duties of Embattled Former Louvre Director Jean-Luc Martinez From Ambassadorship and Creates an Art-Trafficking Task Force
Trafic d'antiquités : Jean-Luc Martinez mis « en retrait » d'une partie de ses fonctions d'ambassadeur
![Former director of Louvre Museum charged with hiding origin of artifacts smuggled out of Egypt - EgyptToday Former director of Louvre Museum charged with hiding origin of artifacts smuggled out of Egypt - EgyptToday](https://www.egypttoday.com/siteimages/Larg/20220529030618618.jpg)
Former director of Louvre Museum charged with hiding origin of artifacts smuggled out of Egypt - EgyptToday
![President of the Louvre Museum Jean-Luc Martinez at the summit of the Grand Paris in Paris, France on september 29, 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy President of the Louvre Museum Jean-Luc Martinez at the summit of the Grand Paris in Paris, France on september 29, 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DFH2PE/president-of-the-louvre-museum-jean-luc-martinez-at-the-summit-of-the-grand-paris-in-paris-france-on-september-29-2020-photo-by-raphael-lafargueabacapresscom-2DFH2PE.jpg)
President of the Louvre Museum Jean-Luc Martinez at the summit of the Grand Paris in Paris, France on september 29, 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy
![Alain Ducasse, his wife Gwenaelle Gueguen and President and Director of the Public Establishment of the Louvre Museum Jean-Luc Martinez attending the Grand Dinner of the Louvre celebrating the Pyramid's 30th anniversary Alain Ducasse, his wife Gwenaelle Gueguen and President and Director of the Public Establishment of the Louvre Museum Jean-Luc Martinez attending the Grand Dinner of the Louvre celebrating the Pyramid's 30th anniversary](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DET12P/alain-ducasse-his-wife-gwenaelle-gueguen-and-president-and-director-of-the-public-establishment-of-the-louvre-museum-jean-luc-martinez-attending-the-grand-dinner-of-the-louvre-celebrating-the-pyramids-30th-anniversary-at-the-louvre-museum-in-aris-france-on-november-19-2019-photo-by-aurore-marechalabacapresscom-2DET12P.jpg)
Alain Ducasse, his wife Gwenaelle Gueguen and President and Director of the Public Establishment of the Louvre Museum Jean-Luc Martinez attending the Grand Dinner of the Louvre celebrating the Pyramid's 30th anniversary
Mehdi Qotbi - In Geneva with M. Jean-Luc Martinez, president of Louvre museum and the famous american collector Thomas Kaplan elected yesterday to head ALIPH ( International Alliance for the protection of
![Trafic d'antiquités : l'ancien président du Louvre Jean-Luc Martinez mis "en retrait" d'une partie de ses fonctions d'ambassadeur Trafic d'antiquités : l'ancien président du Louvre Jean-Luc Martinez mis "en retrait" d'une partie de ses fonctions d'ambassadeur](https://www.francetvinfo.fr/pictures/JyvLSJwxKI7LpZK0sPEiCjx_Zh8/752x423/2022/06/03/phpWPcEmO.jpg)