Some of the most precious objects saved during the fire of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on Monday evening must be transported to the Louvre museum from the Hotel de Ville, where they have been stored overnight, according to the French minister of Franck Riester Culture. At the risk of being seriously injured by falling drops […]
Veronique de ViguerieGetty Images Tourist attractions in Paris are closing this weekend as the city braces for another round of violent protests. On Thursday, it was announced via Twitter that the Eiffel Tower would be closed to the public on Saturday due to planned protests. The popular site also clarified that all tickets purchased online […]
The Louvre is the largest museum in the world and houses one of the most impressive art collections in history. (Image credit: kan_khampanya Shutterstock.com) The Louvre is the largest museum in the world and houses one of the most impressive art collections in history. The magnificent Baroque-style palace and museum – LeMusée du Louvre in […]
The spectacular Louvre Abu Dhabi, the emirate’s first museum to open on the much-delayed Saadiyat Island mega-project, opens to the public on Saturday, November 11. An air show, fireworks, as well as a “superb extravaganza” of music-and-light are planned to celebrate Jean Nouvel’s futuristic dome and the Museum of World Civilizations below. But first there […]
In an open letter dated October 5, 2017, the GLC asked the Louvre to “reimburse worker recruitment costs and lost wages due to the criminalization, imprisonment, dismissal and deportation of workers who go on strike.” According to the Mannes-Abbott, the museum has yet to respond. Another embarrassment for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the recent publication […]
In honor of architect IM Pei’s 100th birthday, we delve into the history of the Louvre: a cultural hub that predates it by some 700 years, but owes much of its current dynamism to its renovations in the 1980s . But first, let’s go back in time. The museum dates back to the 12th century, […]
One of the oldest human illusions is that culture is a conquest or an escape from nature. It is an illusion that we must abandon quickly. We might harbor a desperate dream that while the benign post-glaciation climate that made civilization possible is destroyed by our own folly and greed, our own creations will survive. […]
PARIS – They are known as “Operation Sentinel”, the hulking soldiers in camouflage uniforms who patrol under the Eiffel Tower and outside the Louvre with FAMAS assault rifles. Together they form a massive security operation of some 10,000 French soldiers deployed immediately after the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo editorial staff in January 2015 and […]