The Louvre Museum, a global icon, was unexpectedly shut down due to a staff strike, highlighting issues of overtourism and understaffing. Workers protested unmanageable crowds and deteriorating ...

The triptych was purchased for the Louvre by the Society of Friends of the Louvre from the private collection of New York dealer, A La Vieille Russie, for $2.5 million.

The Louvre in Paris is due to return 258 objects from the bequest of the German-born arts patron and socialite Adèle de Rothschild after they mistakenly ended up in the collection of the Paris ...

Antinous, the much-sculpted lover of the emperor Hadrian, tells his own story in Scandalous Boy at Open Space Arts. Hey. We see you. We cover the lives mainstream media ignores, so no one feels ...

The Louvre has been offering Nintendo 3DS audio guides since 2012 as a €6 rental. It can tell you about exhibits in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Korean and ...

Italian depiction of the god Mercury (Greek: Hermes) wearing a petasos, a wide-brimmed ancient Greek hat. Credit: Sailko / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0. When one thinks of ancient Greece, the ...

Museums & Institutions How One Author Fell in Love With the Louvre—And Discovered Its Secrets. In her new book, Elaine Sciolino peels back the curtain on the fortress-like museum.

Now, with Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s Greatest Museum, she turns to perhaps her most formidable subject yet. A storied institution, the Louvre is currently in ...

Gigi Hadid, Keira Knightley, and Dev Patel were among the stars in attendance at the Le Grand Dîner du Louvre, which is being compared to New York’s Met Gala.

One of the main aims is to relieve the queues. The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world, with 9 million visitors in 2024, or more than 30,000 a day.

The Louvre Museum in Paris is hosting its first fashion exhibition, 'Louvre Couture'. This historic event features apparel and accessories from 45 renowned designers and explores the interplay ...

The Louvre is not the only museum dipping into the world of high fashion. The Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, also in Paris, recently debuted a new exhibition called “Golden Thread ...