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The 18-month residencies mark the 230th anniversary of the Parisian museum
Lancôme drew inspiration from celebrated works such as the Venus de Milo and the Sleeping Hermaphrodite
While gay romance Red, White & Royal Blue heats up at the Victoria and Albert Museum
The museum's director says works with dubious provenance are 'a stain in the collections of the Louvre'
Under patrimony laws the museum cannot intervene during the auction but can buy up works at the final price
The terrorist group almost destroyed the museum in 2014. Less than a decade later, it is beginning to exhibit once again
Our exclusive Visitor Figures 2022 survey shows that numbers in Paris and Seoul were almost back to normal last year, while other major centres such as London struggled to hit pre-pandemic levels
Paris institution tops our visitor figures survey yet again, while the city’s other museums do well too
The Art Newspaper's annual Visitor Figures survey has found the National Gallery has lost more visitors since 2019 than any other art museum worldwide
The appellate court judges’ decision came as a surprise, as the general prosecutor had asked for the charges—which relate to the acquisition of Egyptian antiquities by the Louvre Abu Dhabi—to be dropped
The Paris museum has been struggling for years against over-attendance
‘Louvre Looks’ videos will be posted weekly on Instagram
The story of the "Léonard de Vinci. Le Salvator Mundi" publication that was withdrawn from sale
The ruling of the examining chamber, expected next year, could overturn the investigation against both curators in a case implicating the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Metropolitan Museum
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From Monet and Mitchell at Fondation Louis Vuitton to Munch at the Musée d’Orsay
Paris museum's pyramid joins the Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay and Chateau Versailles in French government initiative to save power
In wake of scandal involving former Louvre director, France's culture minister forms taskforce to assess acquisitions procedures at museums
A number of objects purchased by the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Metropolitan Museum of Art are now under scrutiny—including an ancient Egyptian marble head worth €35m
"There are people who are destroying the planet, that's why I did it," the vandal said
Martinez has been indicted for “complicity of gang fraud and laundering“ of objects purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Louvre Abu Dhabi
Investigation focuses on purchases made by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre Abu Dhabi
The Louvre has two-and-a-half years to buy the record-breaking €24m painting
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The French museum is now seeking funds to buy the still-life painting, which was sold last week by Artcurial to a US dealer for €24.3m
France’s status as a honeypot for tourists from Asia and the US has taken a huge hit, from which its cultural institutions are still reeling. Now the country’s museums hope that French and European visitors can restore their finances
While attendance figures still have some way to go to reach pre-pandemic levels, fewer days of lockdown-related closures coupled with vaccine rollout programmes spelled good news for institutions around the world
The auction house will help the Parisian institution research the history of items purchased between 1933 and 1945, which "may lead to restitutions"
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Covid continued to impact on French museum visits, but the government provided a much-needed financial safety net