In Brief
Louvre Security Staff Threaten To Strike as Blockbuster Vermeer Show Causes Disarray
Security workers at the museum plan to strike on Friday, citing "constant physical and verbal aggression" caused by the recent overcrowding.
Louvre
Art
The Risky Business of Restoring Leonardos
After a previous Leonardo restoration project at the Louvre resulted in multiple staff resignations, the recent cleanup of "Saint John the Baptist" took place under intense scrutiny.
Art
The Real Corpses That Served as Models for the Doomed Crew of the "Raft of the Medusa"
For his most monumental painting, Théodore Géricault borrowed corpses from morgues and asylums to capture the ghastly horror of the 1816 Medusa shipwreck.
Art
JR's Photoshop Trompe l’Oeil at the Louvre
PARIS — We have long loved our illusions.
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In Brief
The Louvre and Musée d'Orsay Shut Down as Seine River Floods [UPDATED]
Record rainfall in Paris has caused intense and dangerous flooding of the Seine River to the extent that the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay are closing temporarily to safeguard their collections.
Film
A Cinematic Journey Through the Louvre and a Dark Chapter in European History
Francofonia bristles at labeling. The latest whatsit by Russian titan Alexander Sokurov moves comfortably between categories.
Art
16th-Century Visions of the Ruins of Religious Wars
As the 16th-century religious wars raged around Europe, Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck collaborated with printmaker Philip Galle on a series of 22 engravings featuring Old Testament destruction.
News
Artists and Activists Sing, Spill “Oil” in Anti–Fossil Fuel Protests at the Louvre
PARIS — As leaders from around the world met here for a tenth day of climate change policy negotiations, more than a hundred activists and members of several art collectives gathered at the Louvre this afternoon to highlight the institution’s ties to the fossil fuel industry.
In Brief
The Louvre Is Empty
One week after terrorists killed 129 people in Paris, the French capital remains quiet, including its museums.
In Brief
Angered Archaeologists Allow Thousands to Enter the Louvre for Free
On Thursday about 100 peeved archaeologists took over the lobby of the Louvre in Paris, blocking the ticket booths for nearly five hours and allowing visitors to enter the museum without paying admission.
News
French Museum Collections in Trouble
A government audit of 1,218 French museums has revealed that some 80% do not know the full contents of their collections, with many collections facing further serious hazards, Libération reported.
Art
Blowing Smoke: Robert Wilson Agog Over Gaga in Louvre Show
PARIS — I was lucky enough, and I am old enough, to have been in the audience of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach in 1976 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and then again at The Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1984.