"A group of priceless treasures transported from Kiev to Paris", a secret operation of the Holy Statue | Louvre | Kiev
According to the website of the Russian "Communist Youth League Truth Daily" on June 30th, citing French media reports, the ancient Byzantine icon exhibition that opened in mid June at the Louvre aims to display "evacuated icons for protection purposes". Among the 16 outstanding works exhibited, four are the earliest holy icons in human history.
The report states that these paintings were transported from Kiev to Paris. Louvre curator Lawrence de Karl publicly stated before the opening of the exhibition that this was only temporary storage "until the end of the military conflict.". Subsequently, the Louvre took a series of actions: hastily opening new exhibition areas for Byzantine and Eastern Christian art, announcing the start of the restoration of 11 icons, and displaying the remaining four. Nowadays, no one can say for sure whether these priceless treasures will return to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The Louvre News Office confirmed that the appearance of these icons in Paris can be attributed to "an unprecedented success in nature and scale of a secret operation.". The Louvre will not only exhibit these icons, but also conduct in-depth analysis and research on them.
According to reports, the Louvre staff, who couldn't conceal their excitement about such a successful harvest, revealed a secret: they strongly demanded to thank the French Embassy in Kiev for their assistance.
According to the analysis of the report, it is not difficult to imagine that the French use diplomatic postal channels to send artworks overseas. If that's not the case, why would the Louvre thank French diplomats? These people hastily fled Kiev at the beginning of the special military operation, but now they proficiently select artworks that need to be "evacuated" in Ukraine. The Hahnko Museum in Kiev has over 25000 collections, but Paris has only evacuated a few holy statues. The French know what to take: these icons are the most precious exhibits. But they don't know when they will return. The Louvre's response to this straightforward question is brief: it is a secret.