The Art Newspaper

Louvre closes gallery ‘until further notice’ citing structural problems

This latest blow for the Paris museum follows a report on its buildings which highlighted “particular fragility” in its ...
Greek Reporter

Louvre Closes Ancient Greek Ceramics Gallery Over Structural Concerns

Louvre has temporarily closed its Greek ceramics Gallery due to structural risks, amid ongoing security concerns and ...

First look: A guide to must-see fashion from 'Louvre Couture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston'

Louvre Couture' at Museum of Fine Arts Houston opens Nov. 19 in the Museum District featuring haute couture fashion by Chanel ...
AOL

$102M in jewels taken in Louvre heist, as museum director summoned by lawmakers

LONDON -- After an estimated $100 million worth of jewels were stolen at the Louvre in Paris, the museum’s director was summoned to appear before French lawmakers amid the ongoing investigation and ...

Louvre was exposed to heist by chronic underestimation of risk, says French minister

A "chronic, structural underestimation of the risk of intrusions and theft" left the Louvre exposed for over 20 years to the kind of heist the museum experienced this month, French culture minister ...

This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful ...
Hyperallergic

The Louvre Heist Was a Colonial Wake-Up Call

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ARTnews on MSN

Guy Cogeval, former director of Paris's Musée d'Orsay, has died at 70

Guy Cogeval, who was director of Paris's Musée d'Orsay from 2008 to 2017, died on November 13 at the age of 70. His death, ...
Le Parisien

Cambriolage au musée du Louvre : qui était Marie-Louise, l’impératrice qui avait appris à détester la France

Les sabots des chevaux claquent, remuant la poussière. Parti de Paris, le cortège file à toute allure en direction de l’est, en ce 1er mai 1814. Vingt voitures, aux armoiries de l’Autriche. À bord de ...
Snopes.com

Beware, listing of Louvre heist jewels on Russian classifieds site is a 'prank'

According to Avito, the Russian online marketplace that hosted the listing, it was a prank. Avito said it had removed the listing and blocked the user that posted it. The purported listing, titled ...