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Three major pieces, stolen in the October robbery, are absent from the otherwise glittering presentation
It was yesterday revealed that that a water leak in the museum's Egyptian antiquities department had damaged hundreds of books
The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Americas and art market editor discuss the top sales and the wider mood in Miami, Ben Luke gets the latest on the ground in Paris and hears from curator Dita Amory on Scherfbeck’s ‘The Tapestry’
The Château de Versailles and the Château de Chambord have also announced new pricing structures
French media report arrest of man in small town in the West of they country, said to have links with those apprehended in October
This latest blow for the Paris museum follows a report on its buildings which highlighted “particular fragility” in its Campana Gallery
The Parisian museum has recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons—so now is a good time to remember its greatness
Nine new works by the South African-born artist were unveiled at the Paris museum last Thursday
Due to the world-wide publicity of the brazen theft at the Musée du Louvre last month, the stolen jewellery may be impossible to shift
The much-anticipated report from the Cour des comptes points to issues with the management of the Paris museum and calls for a rethink of priorities
A growing emphasis on visitor experience at museums across the world is putting objects at risk, argues a leading security expert
The suspects charged so far do not appear to be linked to any high-level crime networks, according to Laure Beccuau
The arrests come as two men are charged for gang theft and criminal association
Lanvin’s artistic director Peter Copping and the Louvre’s Olivier Gabet share their deep admiration for the fashion legend
The delays to updating the museum’s apparently lacklustre surveillance infrastructure, meanwhile, have been blamed on its ambitious renovation plans
Social media users have been left—largely—amused by the German company's tongue-in-cheek approach
The museum has reopened today following the heist, although the gallery which housed the objects remains closed
Politicians and unions have criticised the government after the world’s most visited museum was robbed in broad daylight on Sunday
The work, ‘Les 4 temps’, by the Algeria-born artist Mohamed Bourouissa, will go on display later this month
Cultural sites including the Musée Picasso and the Château de Versailles were closed Thursday 18 September due to an action against budget austerity
The Louvre and the National in Edinburgh loaned works by the 18th-century artist
Workers at the world's most popular museum launched a strike over “worsening visiting conditions”
Items from Adèle de Rothschild's cabinet of curiosities will be returned to the foundation after they erroneously ended up in the collection of the Paris museum
The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month
Painters have learnt by copying works in the museum for centuries. Now a group of high-profile contemporary artists have been invited to create entirely new works
Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ‘The Last Supper’ to two versions of ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’
A violent hailstorm on Saturday caused water to drip into the room hosting the important show, but “no works were damaged”, a spokesperson says
The mid-17th-century painting, titled 'Confirmation', is a key work from the vast collection of the emirate's Department of Culture and Tourism, which is now being made public
Shoppers will get the chance to see a version of the Mona Lisa while rifling through the racks
President Macron’s pledge to rescue “jewel of the nation” meets scepticism and derision amid the country's fiscal squeeze