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Centre Pompidou in Paris Halts Donation by Russian Billionaire Vladimir Potanin

Published on , by La Gazette Drouot

The wealthy oligarch previously made 2 donations totaling $1.4M to the Centre Pompidou, the 1st of which funded acquisitions of Russian and Soviet works. A 3rd donation of $619,000 has been suspended. Potanin’s philanthropy has funded a number of Western institutions; he was even on the Guggenheim NY’s board. (Artnet)