The Louvre Abu Dhabi has announced that they are to open their doors to the public in November, in the first Louvre-branded museum outside Paris. The permanent galleries will cover art and artifacts from the earliest Mesopotamian civilisations to the present day. "At...
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Nicolas Poussin Four Seasons Panels Removed From Display After Louvre Floods
Two Panels by the French classical Baroque painter Nicolas Poussin that make up part of his iconic Four Seasons Quartet at the Louvre were damaged by heavy thunderstorms on the 9th July. Several other Louvre masterpieces were also damaged including The Triumph of...
Rembrandt Vs. Trump – The Leiden Collection, Revolution At The Louvre
Artlyst has travelled to Paris to the Musée du Louvre, which is currently presenting a selection of masterpieces by 17th-century Dutch painters from the collection of Thomas Kaplan and his wife, Daphne Recanati Kaplan. The show focuses on what was - until recently - a...
Louvre Set To Open Today After IS Inspired Machete Attack
A man, who attempted to attack the Louvre museum in Paris yesterday (Friday 3 Feb) has been identified by authorities as Abdullah Reda Refaei al-Hamamy, a 29-year-old Egyptian. Francois Molins the French Prosecutor added, "he travelled to Paris from Dubai on a tourist...
Louvre Museum Re-opens After Paris Terrorist Attacks
The Louvre art museum has re-opened after the terrorist attacks in Paris. French authorities had originally closed the Louvre museum and other leading tourist sites in Paris after the deadly terror attacks in the capital. At the time a Louvre spokeswoman stated that...
Louvre Closed Due To Paris Terrorist Attacks Until Further Notice
The tourist Art Mecca of Paris - the Louvre art museum- is closed due to the terrorist attacks in Paris until further notice. "The Louvre Museum, which opened this morning, closed," the radio station ‘Europe1’ stated - citing the press service of the...
Jeff Koons’ Louvre Exhibition Has Been Axed
Jeff Koons' recent time in Paris has certainly had its ups and downs. This January, the artist was due to show a selection of large-scale sculptures in the Louvre's 19th-century galleries, to run alongside his current retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, which runs...
Louvre Recovers Painting Stolen In WWII
More than six decades ago, during World War II, a painting of French King Henri III (1551–89) was stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris. Now after the lengthy period of time; the work will finally be returned to the museum, after a vigilant curator noticed that...
Eugene Delacroix Defaced In Act Of Mindless Vandalism At Louvre
A woman has been detained accused of damaging a masterpiece by the French romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, at a branch of the Louvre in the town of Lens. The 1830 painting titled 'Liberty Leading The People', celebrates the French uprising, the July Revolution of...