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Louvre, two architectural firms chosen to design museum renovation

In Paris, the Louvre Museum begins a new phase in its architectural and urban history with the selection of the project signed by Studios Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects for the Louvre Nouvelle Renaissance transformation plan. The announce...
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At the Louvre, an exhibition leads to the discovery of ancient Mesopotamia through the theme of water

From May 20, 2026, to March 15, 2027, the Louvre in Paris will host the exhibition Primordial Water: Lessons from Mesopotamia, curated by Ariane Thomas, director of the Department of Oriental Antiquities and head of the collections of Recent Mesopota...
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Martin Schongauer, at the Louvre the exhibition on the master of the late Middle Ages

Nicknamed "Martin Schön," or "the handsome Martin," by Albrecht Dürer, Martin Schongauer (Colmar, c. 1445 - Vieux-Brisach, 1491), one of the greatest German painters of the 15th century, returns to center stage with a major exhibition sched...
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War in Iran, fears over French works at Louvre Abu Dhabi

The war in Iran has the cultural world worried, and not only because of the damage Iran's cultural heritage is already suffering: there is apprehension in France about one of the most ambitious museum projects in decades, namely the Louvre Abu Dhabi....
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Louvre and Snapchat: six masterpieces come alive in augmented reality

Starting Feb. 18, 2026, the Louvre Museum will expand its visitor offerings with an augmented reality project developed in conjunction withSnap Inc.'s Paris-based AR Studio. The initiative, titled The Incredible Unknowns of the Louvre, introduces afr...
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Louvre, water seepage damages 19th century painting in Beato Angelico room

More trouble in Paris for the Louvre , which in the past few hours faced a new internal emergency following a water infiltration that affected the Denon wing during the night of Thursday, Feb. 12, to Friday, Feb. 13. The incident, which affected a ke...
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Louvre, a Lombard Renaissance masterpiece is reborn: the Portal of Palazzo Stanga

After more than a century of display in the halls of the Louvre's sculpture department, where Michelangelo's Prisoners are located, the Portal of Palazzo Stanga, a 15th-century masterpiece attributed to Pietro da Rho (Rho, c. 1465-after 1513) and com...
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Louvre installs bars at window where thieves entered

The Louvre has begun to translate promises to tighten security made in the weeks following the sensational theft that hit one of France's iconic cultural heritage sites last October into concrete action. On Tuesday, Dec. 23, skilled workers installed...
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