Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American ...
French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to expand the Louvre and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after the museum warned of overcrowding.
French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.
President Macron announced last week that the Mona Lisa will be moved to a private room with its own ticket and the Louvre museum will undergo renovations.
Already, the museum has capped daily attendance at 30,000 people, who mostly enter via the Louvre Pyramid, a glass-and-steel structure designed by the architect I.M. Pei in the 1980s, during the ...
The French president announced last week an extensive overhaul of the legendary museum, including a dedicated gallery for ...
PARIS - The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, has requested urgent help from ...
Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by architect I.M. Pei, which itself has become problematic as its greenhouse ...
He unveiled the project's name: Louvre Nouvelle ... institution." The pyramid, inaugurated in 1989, commissioned by then-President François Mitterrand and designed by architect I.M. Pei, is ...
The Louvre Pyramid will continue to be a visitor access ... "The Pyramid is a wonderful, wonderful piece of architecture," she says. "But it is a bit isolated in Paris, not in direct contact ...
Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by architect I.M. Pei, which itself has become problematic as its greenhouse ...
BEARDSLEY: That's when Louvre employees spirited away thousands of artworks ahead of the Nazi invasion. I meet art critic Didier Rykner next to architect I.M. Pei's glorious glass pyramid ...