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Christophe Leribault Appointed Director of the Louvre

02/26/2026

Christophe Leribault Appointed Director of the Louvre Just one day after Laurence des Cars resigned as director of theLouvre,Christophe Leribaulthas been announced as her successor. French dailyLe Parisienreported that Leribault, since 2024 the director of the Palace of Versailles, was …

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Louvre Director Laurence des Cars Resigns Amid Heist, Internal Turmoil

02/25/2026

After a prolonged period of internal turmoil that has included a widely publicized heist, striking workers, two structural leaks, and a ticketing scam, the Louvre has lost its director. On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he had officially accepted …

Метки : луврискусствомузейскандалфранцияискусствоведение

Nine Arrested in Connection With $12 Million Louvre Ticket Scam

02/16/2026

Nine Arrested in Connection With $12 Million Louvre Ticket Scam French police have detained nine people in relation to a ticketing fraud scheme that may have cost theLouvre€10 million ($12 million). The Paris prosecutors’ office reports that twoLouvrestaffers, several tour …

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Louvre Museum Indefinitely Postponing Planned Expansion Project

02/07/2026

Just over six months after it was announced, the Louvre has indefinitely postponed the competition launched in June 2025 to design an expansion of France’s most well-known art museum. The news was reported in Le Figaro Friday. The project, called …

Метки : луврреконструкцияэммануэль макронмона лизазабастовкаархитектура

Historic Crown Damaged in Louvre Theft Enters Restoration

02/05/2026

When thieves broke into Paris’s Louvre on October 19 last year, they ran off with an estimated $102 million in jewels. In their scramble to escape, however, they left behind what may have been top of their loot list: the …

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PInvestigators Say Stolen Louvre Jewels Were Hidden in Parking Lot

01/16/2026

Three months on, the $102 million in jewels brazenly stolen from the Louvre in Paris remain missing. While Paris police have arrested at least eight people believed to be connected to the October 19 robbery, investigators have made little progress …

Метки : луврограблениепарижрасследованиеювелирные изделияпреступность

Louvre Closes as Staff Strikes Continue

01/12/2026

The Louvre Museum closed to visitors on Monday, January 12, after staff launched another strike over pay, staffing levels, and working conditions, according to Le Monde. The closure marks the latest in a string of disruptions at the world’s most …

Метки : луврзабастовкаискусствомузей#культурафранция

Louvre strike targets plan for new Mona Lisa gallery

01/06/2026

Staff at the Louvre in Paris staged another walkout this week, intensifying opposition to a major redevelopment plan that includes a dedicated gallery for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and a new entrance intended to ease pressure on the museum’s …

Метки : луврискусствозабастовкареконструкциямона лизабезопасность музея

Louvre Reopens After Delay as Staff Resume Strike in Paris

01/05/2026

The Louvre Museum in Paris reopened to the public on Monday after a three-hour delay, though several areas remained closed as staff resumed strike action over pay, working conditions, and staffing levels. According to Reuters, museum workers met earlier in …

Метки : луврзабастовказарплатыусловия трудафранция#культура

Louvre Installs Bars on Notorious Window at Center of Art Heist

12/23/2025

While the Louvre was closed on Tuesday, the museum continued beefing up its security, this time by installing bars on the window through which thieves entered the institution in October and stole bejeweled objects, most of which still have not …

Метки : луврбезопасностьискусствограбежмероприятия#культура

Louvre Director Faces Senate Grilling as Pressure Mounts After Jewel Heist

12/19/2025

Louvre president Laurence des Cars faced an fraught Senate hearing on Wednesday as lawmakers pressed her on years of allegedly neglected security warnings preceding the October theft of $102 million in imperial jewels — an interrogation that has intensified calls …

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Two Days Into Walkout, Louvre Staff Unions Vote to Continue Strike

12/18/2025

The world’s most-visited museum, it seems, cannot catch a break lately. Unionized staff at Paris’s Louvre Museum voted unanimously on Wednesday to continue a strike that began Monday, when hundreds walked out in protest over “increasingly deteriorated working conditions,” the …

Метки : луврзабастовкаусловия трудафранция#культураискусство

Louvre Temporarily Closes as Employees Protest Working Conditions

12/16/2025

Louvre Temporarily Closes as Employees Protest Working Conditions TheLouvreclosed its doors to visitors on Monday, December 15, as staffersstruckin protest of what they have characterized as intolerable working conditions at theParisinstitution. TheNew York Timesreports that about four hundred of the …

Метки : луврпротестусловия трудаискусствофранциязабастовка

Louvre Closed as Workers Begin Strike, In Latest Blow to French Museum

12/16/2025

The Louvre Museum in Paris was forced to close on Monday after hundreds of employees went on strike to protest “increasingly deteriorated working conditions.” Around 400 of the museum’s 2,100 staffers participated in the strike, blocking the museum’s iconic pyramid …

Метки : луврзабастовкаусловия трудапрофессиибезопасностьискусство