It's the controversy that just won't go away, no matter how much the National Gallery of Canada and its director, Marc Mayer, might wish it would. La Tour Eiffel by Marc Chagall was expected to fetch between $6 million and $9 million US at auction. (National Gallery of Canada/Christie's) Critics had charged the sale, which was expected to earn the gallery between $6 million and $9 million US, and the decision-making process that led to it, lacked transparency. Nothing to add The National Gallery was hoping to acquire Saint Jerome Hears the Trumpet of the Last Judgment by Jacques-Louis David. Asked Wednesday when the Chagall would be returned by Christie's to the gallery, and how much cancelling the auction could cost, Mayer had very little to say.

Source: CBC News May 02, 2018 19:07 UTC