The Louvre is hosting the first fashion exhibition in its 231-year history. Called “ Louvre Couture ,” the new show features ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to expand the Louvre, and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after the museum warned of overcrowding.

But as Louvre president Laurence des Cars has admitted, a visit to the overcrowded museum can also be a “physical ordeal” and some facilities urgently need updating. Last month, President Macron ...

Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.

The world's most visited museum is also overcrowded, antiquated and desperate for renovations that will start next year and ...

“The Louvre is so much more than just the ‘Mona Lisa’,” Olivier Gabet, the museum’s director of art objects as well as the exhibition’s curator, said with a smile. While painter Paul ...

after which it became a museum for the royal art collection in 1793. Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by ...

Louvre Couture. Art and fashion: statement pieces, in January 2025, with a fundraising gala to follow in March, it was impossible to not draw comparisons to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ...

That is exactly what this exhibition does,” said Laurence des Cars, the museum’s president, in an interview at the Louvre. The collection weaves the threads between fashion and a diverse array of “art ...

expanded Louvre,” French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday, with the Mona Lisa peering over his shoulder. The announcement came after the world’s most visited art museum had warned ...