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Emperor Constantine's giant finger found in the Louvre
Ancient object—initially believed to be a toe—perfectly fits the hand of ancient bronze statue in Rome's Musei Capitolini
How Delacroix went from lycée dropout to establishment favourite
Exhibition at the Musée du Louvre is first major survey of the painter’s work in more than 50 years
Louvre’s director: we are active in 75 countries
Jean-Luc Martinez says the museum’s international projects have skyrocketed over the past five years
Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez’s contract extended for three more years
Paris museum chief must focus on partnerships with Asia and sustained attendance, culture minister says
Louvre says ‘non’ to minister’s Mona Lisa grand tour
Françoise Nyssen proposed lending the work as a way to fight “cultural segregation”
Activists protest Louvre's oil ties
Paris-based group criticises sponsorship by French oil company Total
Against the odds, Louvre exhibition opens in Tehran in historic deal
French museum became first cultural institution to secure ties with Islamic regime after sanctions lifted in 2016
Louvre shines a light on Nazi loot
Museum hopes to find rightful heirs through display of spoliated works
Rising river Seine causes closures at Musée du Louvre
Paris museum has shut its Islamic Arts department, while Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are also on high alert
Francois I’s Book of Hours has left Britain as Louvre starts to raise £8m to buy it
Renaissance manuscript with gold binding is being sold by London jeweller
Louvre Abu Dhabi to open with a Leonardo?
The artist's La Belle Ferronnière is the subject of loan discussions
The Louvre aims to acquire art of the Mexican school in bid to widen its geographical remit
Paris museum is on a mission to collect Latin American art—and a show of colonial-era paintings is the overture
Raphael’s prep work on show at the Städel Museum
11 of the museum's works will be exhibited alongside 40 others loaned from around the world
Prodigious, prolific, phenomenal: Raphael’s last 17 years in Rome on show at the Louvre
The Prado and the Louvre collaborate for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition
Turkey turns up the heat on foreign museums as list of antiquities demanded gets longer
More exhibitions are hit by the loans boycott as Turkey pushes for restitution
Louvre’s Leonardo conservation plan leads to resignation
Fears it will affect the sfumato of the piece are growing
Anger over Louvre’s plan to clean Leonardo's Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Specialists fear artist’s “smoky finish” effect may be harmed
Restoration at the National Gallery shows Leonardo in a new light
The Virgin of the Rocks minus fog
Exhibition of Iranian antiquities to be held at the Louvre in 2013
Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation will supervise preparations
Iraq war thwarts loans to Louvre for “Babylon” show
Negotiations have lasted five years only to fall through due to security issues
Fiac bounces back thanks to homegrown collectors
François Pinault, Bernard Arnault and Claude Berri attended, among many others
Museum of Decorative Arts to re-open in Paris—six years late
September launch will complete “Grand Louvre” project
Louvre director defends partnership with High Museum of Atlanta
A statement from Henri Loyette, director of the Louvre
Is Dan Brown to thank for increased attendance at the Louvre?
The Da Vinci effect
Louvre gets a taste of US sponsorship as Atlanta's High Museum pays $10m to borrow works by Raphael, Rembrandt and Velázquez
The money will restore the French museum's 18th-century decorative art galleries and the collaboration seeks to improve US-French relations in the wake of the Iraq War
Breaking down the maths of museum earnings: An ominous assessment of exhibition profits
There is a basic problem in suggesting that earned income can keep a museum afloat
Louvre makes an unexpected splash at Boisgirard auctions with E2.8 million purchase of Ancient Greek horse head
The piece could be a precursor of the Parthenon sculptures
A warmer welcome for Americans at the Louvre as some wall texts are translated into English and Spanish
American Express and American Friends of the Louvre are making their mark on the French institution
New “anti-terrorist” display case for the Mona Lisa
After 500 years, Leonardo’s fragile portrait is starting to warp