Many 14th century burials have been discovered. AFP. By Belga Published on 03/14/2022 at 20:05Study time: 2 minutes BThe French Ministry of Health announced on Monday that a number of tombs, including a 14th-century lead sarcophagus, had been unearthed during archaeological excavations ahead of reconstruction work on the tower of Notre-Dame de Paris. According to […]
anchor The Louvre museum only welcomed 2.8 million visitors last year, less than 30% of its pre-Covid record when it received around ten million. The Louvre had not seen such low numbers since 1986, before the opening of the glass pyramid and the Grand Louvre project which has steadily increased attendance […]
In a recent interview, David Guetta said confidently, “I think the next few years will be the best years for dance music in history.” Guetta wastes no time doing his part to carry the weight of those words. The “Titanium” producer has made performances at historic landmarks a tradition in recent memory. After treating fans […]
New Delhi | Jagran Technology Office: Google has introduced 3D monuments in its augmented reality (AR) search results, according to a report by 9to5google. Google search users can currently view 90 landmarks in 3D view on both Android and iOS devices. The feature has been reported to work fine with Android and iOS devices. The […]
Iconic Samsung Lifestyle TV opens virtual doors to world-famous museum Samsung Electronics recently announced a new partnership with the iconic Louvre Museum. Through this partnership with the Louvre in Paris, France, Samsung will continue to develop the Art Store[1] on his lifestyle television, The Frame. With new works of art from the Louvre joining the […]
Samsung’s most iconic lifestyle TV opens virtual doors to world-famous museum Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced a new partnership with the iconic Louvre Museum. Through this partnership, Samsung will continue to develop the Art Store on its lifestyle television, The Frame, through an exclusive art partnership with the Louvre in Paris, France. With new […]
Over the past few decades, art and technology have intersected at a rate previously unimaginable – both to use technology to create art and to make art more accessible to the public. Samsung Electronics has been at the forefront of this change and has now partnered with the Louvre to help in its mission to […]
The spoils of war were positively magnificent. When Napoleon Bonaparte led his army across the Alps, he ordered the Italian states he conquered to hand over works of art that were the pride of the peninsula. The Vatican was gutted of Laocoon, a masterpiece of ancient Greek sculpture, and Venice was stripped of Veronese’s 1563 […]
Melbourne, Florence, Paris, Colombia, Colorado… a glance at JR’s Instagram account reveals a world tour of creations in recent months despite the pandemic. And now: Egypt. The famous French street artist has announced that he will create a new work at the Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, in October. “This is not a photomontage…but October’s artwork […]
Who doesn’t want to follow in the footsteps of Beyonce and Jay-Z? The world-famous couple’s stroll to the Louvre Museum for their 2018 music video A parasite drew a record 10.2 million visitors to the iconic building. But the spotlight isn’t for everyone, so avoid the crowds and instead explore the quieter corners of the […]
The Apollon gallery at the Louvre museum in Paris on January 14, 2020. Stephanie de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephanie de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images The Apollon gallery at the Louvre museum in Paris on January 14, 2020. Stephanie de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images One of the most massive museums in […]
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Shoppers line up outside a Louis Vuitton store after the Swiss government eased some of its COVID-19 restrictions, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in the Bahnhofstrasse shopping street in Zurich, Switzerland March 1, 2021 .REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) – Louis […]
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When the Seine that runs through Paris overflowed this month, Louvre museum officials were relieved that some of their most prized items were safely stored in northern France. The largest and most visited museum in the world, with nearly 10 million visitors a year, had already transported some 100,000 works […]
Parisian museum moves many undisplayed works of art to a warehouse in northern France designed to withstand the effects of global warming By Melissa Godin LONDON, Feb. 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When the Seine that runs through Paris overflowed this month, Louvre museum officials were relieved that some of their most prized artifacts were […]
The museum plans to store some 250,000 of its 620,000 artifacts in a new facility in Liévin. Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners The most visited museum in the world ships a third of its collection. As Elaine Sciolino reports for the New York Times, the Louvre Museum in Paris has spent the past 16 months […]
TOKYO— Uniqlo has entered into a four-year partnership with the Louvre Museum in Paris that will see the Japanese fashion giant produce clothing lines with the museum, as well as sponsor some of its popular events. The program will launch with a collection of UT T-shirts for men and women featuring some of the Louvre’s […]
PARIS — From its bulletproof case in the Louvre, Mona Lisa’s smile encountered an unfamiliar sight the other morning: emptiness. The gallery where crowds of visitors thronged to ogle her day after day was a void, deserted under France’s latest coronavirus lockdown. Around the corner, the Winged Victory of Samothrace floated quietly above a marble […]
Great museums serve many functions: they can study the world encyclopaedically, provide fascinating accounts of history, celebrate diverse forms of beauty, and project political power. They can also have an almost mythical presence. If myths tell of a society’s origins in the natural world, a great museum can do something similar, demonstrating how the world […]
(CNN) — The world’s most popular museum, the Louvre, has reopened after months of closure, but while visiting it will now be a slightly different experience, its star attraction should at least be free of crowds. The Mona Lisa, normally mobbed by people trying to get their own shot of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, can […]
GHENT, NY – It feels like another life on another planet. But it was actually last summer, when the words “social distancing” would have meant nothing to most of us, that my brother, James, drove me to a part of the Louvre museum in Paris that I had never visited before. Descending the crystal pyramid […]
Rana Moussaoui and Fiachra Gibbons (Agence France-Presse) Betting ● Sat 14 March 2020 2020-03-14 12:05 682 7f440ff09e92db75a02bbad206a962c6 2 News Paris,France,Louvre-Museum,Palace-of-Versailles,coronavirus,Wuhan-coronavirus,COVID-19,travel,destination To free Major tourist sites in Paris, including the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, closed on Friday due to the coronavirus, as France said it was banning all gatherings of more than 100 people. The […]
At the Louvre, the Mona Lisa is flanked by guards who usually help move the crowd through the crowded Salle des Etats. But after staff forced the Paris museum to close on Sunday due to safety concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus, their routine changed. Now the guards stand still and visitors must […]
It is perhaps the most iconic art museum in the world. Located in Paris, the Louvre (officially the Louvre Museum) has admitted thousands of cultural objects and millions of admirers since opening its doors on this day in 1793. A guided tour is always best, but if you can’t make it to the Right Bank […]
Thirty years after its inauguration, the Louvre pyramid stands in front of the most visited museum in the world and, despite its relative youth, it has become an essential part of the famous Paris cityscape. Rivaling the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe for the title of Paris’ most recognizable landmark, the Pyramid officially opened […]
The crown of thorns worn by Jesus at the crucifixion, stained glass rose windows, one of the world‘s largest organs, and various other relics, paintings and sculptures were present at Notre Dame de Paris during the fire. Do they survive? Paris. April 15, 2019. A few minutes before 7 p.m. The world gasped when a […]
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 […]
On the night of April 15, 2019, in Paris, the emotions were raw. “Notre Dame is burning, the whole of France is crying, the whole world is crying,” said Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris. “It’s terrible, frightening, painful, a tragedy, a nightmare.” “This place leaves no one indifferent. When you enter this cathedral, it inhabits […]
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 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, […]