finally adding an additional pathway for guests to enter the building, and relieving crowding at the pyramid entrance. The Louvre will hold a competition to choose the firm responsible for the ...

Paris — It is the most visited museum in the world, but management, staff and visitors agree the iconic Louvre in Paris — the home of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa — is in need of some ...

A who’s who of both Hollywood notables (including Gemma Chan, Dev Patel, and Michelle Yeoh) and fashion luminaries (like ...

The Louvre's last overhaul dates back to the 1980s ... she warned about the gradual degradation of the building because of water leaks, temperature variations and other issues “endangering ...

In order to fund the museum's colossal €800 million renovation plan, director Laurence des Cars has no shortage of ideas: prestigious galas, American donors and higher ticket prices for foreign ...

NO ONE IS quite sure how the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, got its name. One theory goes that the area was an ancient hunting ground for wolves (lupi in Latin), which used to roam ...

Whenever the architect Jean Nouvel talks about his recent masterpiece, Louvre Abu Dhabi, he always describes it in two ways. More than an iconic building, more than a world class museum and more ...

The Louvre has had an annual Grand Dîner for the ... visually daring forms and social commentary, while also building community.

This is “Louvre Couture”, the first fashion exhibition at the famed Paris museum in its 231-year history. The last time haute couture caused so much excitement at the Louvre was in 1957 ...

The Louvre is the largest and busiest museum on the planet, the Times noted. It welcomes almost 9 million visitors every year, with daily attendance capped at 30,000 people. The entrance to the ...