It is surprising that there is little or no talk in Italy about the muscular exhibition that the Louvre has organized to reconstruct the story of Jacques-Louis David exactly two hundred years after his death. In terms of completeness and volume of ma...
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The French Court of Auditors (Cour des comptes) has published two unpublished reports devoted to the Musée du Louvre, which provide an overview of the strategy and financial management of the world's most visited institution. The analyses cove...
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A major restoration project at the Palace of Versailles has brought the Gallery of Mirrors closer to its original appearance. The intervention, the result of rigorous historical research and architectural restoration work, has made it possible to rec...
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French authorities have made arrests in connection with the recent jewelry theft at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau confirmed this morning that the arrests were made the previous evening, Saturday. One of the individuals ta...
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This morning the Louvre Museum in Paris was the scene of an incredible theft of priceless historical jewelry, forcing the management to close the institution's doors for the entire day. "The Louvre Museum," reads the laconic message posted on the of...
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The famous Self-Portrait by Gustave Courbet (Ornans, 1819 - La-Tour-de-Peilz, 1877) known as Le Désespéré ("The Despairing Man") was revealed today to be the property of the Qatar Museums: the news came as an agreement was announ...
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Screams, terror and blood. On January 21, 1793, with the execution of Louis XVI (Versailles, 1754 - Paris, 1793), eight centuries of French monarchy were cut short in one day. The French Revolution had turned Paris into a theater of daily violence an...
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The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Marseille is enriched by an extraordinary work: the Saint Sebastian by Louis Finson (Bruges, c. 1580-Amsterdam, 1617), a key figure in European Caravaggism, which officially entered the city's collections thanks to ...
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