Uncle Sakai has already accumulated over one billion dollars in artwork sales, yet he doesn't dare to say he will have the chance to hold an art exhibition in the Louvre within his lifetime.
Indeed,
this Louvre and the one in France have quite significant differences.
But don't underestimate the village chief.
An annex of a prestigious university is still prestigious, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi is still the Louvre.
This is not some knock-off.
The United Arab Emirates Royal Family collaborated with France, injecting enough cultural symbolism into the new museum in their capital to capture the world's attention.
The museum can engage in collaborations too.
Just to use the name "Louvre," the UAE paid France six hundred million euros as a co-branding fee.
And that's not even buying it,
it's merely renting the usage rights for the next thirty years.
