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Pharma Protests Reach Paris, as Sackler PAIN Demands Louvre “Take Down the Sackler Name”

by Hakim Bishara July 1, 2019August 25, 2022

The activists unfurled large banners and staged a die-in in front of the museum’s iconic pyramid demanding it removes the Sackler’s name from one of its wings.

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Activists Spill Symbolic Oil at the Louvre to Protest Its Sponsorship Deal

by Claire Voon March 9, 2017March 10, 2017

Last Sunday, protestors staged a dramatic performance at the Louvre to pressure it to cut ties with French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A.

Posted inArt

In Twin Leonardo Shows, a Portrait of Singapore Emerges

by Josh Spero March 5, 2015March 7, 2015

SINGAPORE — This is a tale of two Leonardos — or rather one possible Leonardo and one definite da Vinci.

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Citing Dubious Flora, Scholar Casts Doubt on National Gallery’s Prized Leonardo Painting

by Laura C. Mallonee December 10, 2014December 10, 2014

New research suggests that Leonardo da Vinci’s “Virgin of the Rocks” at the National Gallery — one of the British museum’s most prized possessions — might not be the work of the master after all, the Guardian reported.

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Louvre Crowdfunds Major Conservation Effort

by Mostafa Heddaya September 4, 2013September 6, 2013

The Art Newspaper is reporting that the Louvre has launched a €1 million crowdfunding campaign to pay for the conservation of its “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” a 2nd-century BCE sculpture of Nike.

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