Artnet

Italy Is Calling on the Louvre to Repatriate Seven Ancient Artifacts of Questionable Provenance

In February, Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano met with Louvre president Laurence des Cars in Paris to discuss the group of objects. Among them is a black, 5th-century amphora attributed to ...
CNN

Louvre museum shuts its doors as staff say they are overwhelmed

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war, not by terror, but by its own exhausted staff, who say the ...
PBS

Louvre staff block entrances as part of France’s pension change protest

PARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed to the public on Monday when its workers took part in the wave of French protest strikes against the government’s unpopular pension reform plans.
CNN

‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a 10-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will ...
The New York Times

France Opens Competition to Expand Overcrowded Louvre

Architects are being asked to submit proposals for a new entrance for the world’s most visited museum — and to create a new exhibition space for the Mona Lisa. By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris ...