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# The Louvre Is Empty
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-louvre-is-empty/
- Published: 2015-11-20T23:50:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:14:54.000Z
- Description: One week after terrorists killed 129 people in Paris, the French capital remains quiet, including its museums.
- Author: Jillian Steinhauer
- Tags: In Brief, France, Louvre, Mona Lisa, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:13 (2014, 2015, part 3)

![The Mona Lisa lacking for visitors at the Louvre (photo by Rob Colvin for Hyperallergic)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/11/img_1942.jpg)

The Mona Lisa lacking for visitors at the Louvre (photo by Rob Colvin for Hyperallergic)

One week after terrorists killed 129 people in Paris, the French capital [remains quiet](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/business/international/france-shootings-economy.html?ref=hyperallergic.com), including its museums. One of our writers, Rob Colvin, visited the Louvre today, and rather than the usual crush of [people mobbing the Mona Lisa](https://www.flickr.com/photos/luismunoz/2675025163/in/photolist-55ocMv-8AiiNd-avcDdh-i8hUh8-dnPvVT-4kwHtL-5QV7ux-MgKGS-8Nw6vV-7oj8Pr-68oXro-nNAAyD-6GuMmJ-2ShtXw-S5rQk-S3vHQ-8EMweh-bHTEY-yLUCsK-6jWxVA-bzW9tR-4qEC8S-6nkQzW-7QYZjM-nLR3Fs-4R9T6W-z5etZz-4R5vUV-e5ycws-e5svTt-5XSwnn-kr8mXj-a9wUZ6-dZJZWL-rxLr5f-eTEra5-4aBgEi-dARVjk-anYFqL-6iKKUS-7nUvmG-6jpFxS-63pGMk-5xcuwP-6FUb3m-5bgiAw-4vqQK5-aiAnF9-a6WEcL-6D4boE?ref=hyperallergic.com), he found the gallery almost entirely empty. An eerie moment of tranquility caused by a burst of brutal violence.

![The Mona Lisa at the Louvre](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/11/img_1964.jpg)

The Mona Lisa at the Louvre (photo by Rob Colvin for Hyperallergic)