Tag: Louvre
The Louvre Museum announces a closure this Saturday “for security reasons”
The day after the attack at the Arras middle school, the Louvre museum announced its closure on Saturday for “security reasons”. On X (formerly Twitter), the official account of the…
The Louvre museum closed this Saturday “for security reasons”
The museum received messages concerning bomb threats, BFMTV learned from a police source. The police carried out an investigation this Saturday noon. The most visited museum in France closed this…
Italy claims seven probably looted antiquities from the Louvre
Italy is asking the Louvre for the return of seven pieces of antiquity probably looted before their acquisition, the Parisian museum said on Friday, confirming information from the World. The…
Elected officials are pushing for a vegetated Place du Louvre, without luxury restaurant(s)
“Place du Louvre could be one of the most beautiful places in Paris. Alas, it is today only an empty and underworld urban neglect. At best: a vacant lot covered…
The Louvre Museum is committed to better transmitting “the memory of slavery”
The Louvre Museum signed an agreement on Wednesday to “promote the transmission of the memory of slavery” as well as the “fights for its abolition”, announced in a press release…
Place du Louvre, Pont Neuf, sculpture by Kusama… How LVMH is “privatizing” Parisian public space
“The problem with LVMH is that it tends to behave like feudalism in Paris. Between Bois de Boulogne, Jardin d’Acclimatation, Champs Élysées, Samaritaine… We end up believing that we are…
The Louvre in Paris shows icons from Ukraine – culture
The two saints look out of the picture as if they were looking through a high window: They tower at the lower edge of the icon with a friendly look,…
Sixteen Ukrainian works of art welcomed to the Louvre for protection
Sixteen works of art, including precious Byzantine icons from kyiv, will be collected at the Louvre Museum. The president of the museum, Laurence des Cars, indicates a measure intended to…
Pension reform: Employees demonstrate inside the Louvre museum
Mona Lisa as a symbol of struggle. This Wednesday, 150 striking Louvre employees are demonstrating inside the museum as announced by the museum’s inter-union in a press release published on…
Louvre wants to limit the number of visitors – culture
Like all cultural institutions, German museums are still suffering from Long Covid. The houses have long been open again, but the public has not yet gotten over their weaning and…