Major acquisitions announced for Louvre Abu Dhabi

The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the long awaited new museum due to open on Saadiyat Island later this year, has announced a raft of new acquisitions, ranging from an ancient Egyptian funeral set to a 20th-century painting by Wifredo Lam.
 
The works bolster the museums collection of more than 600 works; the Lam piece, entitled The Carabean Parade (1945), shows a mass of bizarre Surrealist figures. The intricate wooden Egyptian set relates to the princess Henuttawy (late tenth century BC). These