Legal Dispute Erupts Over Authorship of Paris Opera House Dome: Chagall or Lenepveu?
In 1962, French Culture Minister André Malraux, reportedly uninterested in a ballet performance at Paris’s opera house, was inspired by the classical ceiling and decided it needed renovation. Seated next to him was his friend, artist Marc Chagall. Believing Chagall was the ideal choice, Malraux commissioned him to design