$20m Arab Gift To Louvre

Saudi tycoon Prince Al-Walid Bin Talal has donated 20.4 million dollars to finance a new wing dedicated to Islamic art at the Louvre museum in Paris, the museum announced. The French government will contribute 26 million euros and the oil giant Total will add four million euros to build the wing to house the museum's 10,000 pieces of Islamic art. The wing is scheduled to open in 2009. For the full story - click the title Irish Art