In The Economist (link below), I tell the story of how France's richest man Bernard Arnault beat the odds to have Frank Gehry build a private museum in the Bois de Boulogne.
News you won't read elsewhere: (1) quotes from the Mayor of Paris, (2) news that the Foundation cost 1/3 more than the budgeted 100 million euros, and (3) revelations that billionaire Francois Pinault is visiting sites in France and may end up building something there himself. Here's the piece:
http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21623570-new-private-museum-marks-change-france-winged-victory
