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Kind of Blue

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2. Wow, how wonderful for you and your wife

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 12, 2018, 10:12 PM

Dec 2018

to have seen and have those pieces in real life! And makes sense that the museum was keeping many out of sight perhaps for this grand opening that took a long time coming. I know pressure has been growing for a few years now on European museums to return all of the works. Though I doubt that Macron with his urgings to return artifacts will ever give up the obelisk

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Bravo. I visited Dakar several years ago and saw an earlier African art... brush Dec 2018 #1

Wow, how wonderful for you and your wife Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #2

Yes, the obelick needs to be returned, just as the Elgin marbles need to go back to Greece. brush Dec 2018 #3

Yes, indeed! Those gorgeous pieces, too. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #4

Fascinating. I would love to visit. nt Lucky Luciano Dec 2018 #5

Me, too! Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #6

Lucky Luciano... Lucky Luciano Dec 2018 #7

You are too funny! That is some serious audacity Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #8