Bénédicte Savoy is Europe’s leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, ...
Months after the brazen jewellery theft, a water leak in the Louvre has damaged more than 300 works from the late 19th and ...
Tensions were already rising when a wildcat June strike abruptly shut the museum, stranding visitors beneath I.M. Pei’s glass ...
Compounding embarrassment over the state of the Louvre's security system, upkeep and bureaucracy are now in the spotlight in the wake of a foreseeable water leak that damaged hundreds of historically ...
Few landmarks capture the sweep of history, power, and art like the Louvre. Long before it became home to masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo, the Louvre stood as a medieval ...
The Louvre is often described as overwhelming: too big, too famous, too serious. But what most visitors don’t realize is that ...
Daily Scene in the Louvre, a 1911 cartoon by Samuel Ehrhart, shows patrons blatantly stealing works from the museum after an inventory at the time found that over 300 canvases were missing. (Getty ...
Workers at the Louvre Museum have voted to strike over working conditions and other complaints. The CFDT union said the vote ...
Paris is once again turning the spotlight on its royal treasures — though the timing, for many, feels unusually charged. Mere ...