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Françoise Nyssen proposed lending the work as a way to fight “cultural segregation”
Paris-based group criticises sponsorship by French oil company Total
French museum became first cultural institution to secure ties with Islamic regime after sanctions lifted in 2016
Museum hopes to find rightful heirs through display of spoliated works
Paris museum has shut its Islamic Arts department, while Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are also on high alert
Renaissance manuscript with gold binding is being sold by London jeweller
The artist's La Belle Ferronnière is the subject of loan discussions
Paris museum is on a mission to collect Latin American art—and a show of colonial-era paintings is the overture
11 of the museum's works will be exhibited alongside 40 others loaned from around the world
The Prado and the Louvre collaborate for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition
More exhibitions are hit by the loans boycott as Turkey pushes for restitution
Fears it will affect the sfumato of the piece are growing
Specialists fear artist’s “smoky finish” effect may be harmed
The Virgin of the Rocks minus fog
Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation will supervise preparations
Negotiations have lasted five years only to fall through due to security issues
François Pinault, Bernard Arnault and Claude Berri attended, among many others
September launch will complete “Grand Louvre” project
A statement from Henri Loyette, director of the Louvre
The Da Vinci effect
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
There is a basic problem in suggesting that earned income can keep a museum afloat
The piece could be a precursor of the Parthenon sculptures
American Express and American Friends of the Louvre are making their mark on the French institution
After 500 years, Leonardo’s fragile portrait is starting to warp
Many items on display have not been exhibited since 1952
Barges on the Seine, a Liao gold mask and spooky pre-Colombian tomb figures at the smartest decorative arts fair in the world
Museums must set the standard for collectors and dealers, says Manus Brinkman Secretary General of the International Council of Museums
An exhibition devoted to the ultimate Enlightenment man who built the collections of the world’s first modern museum