This Thursday night in Paris, after the final show on the haute couture schedule ended, an altogether different show took ...

Last month, workers at the Louvre in Paris went on strike. Bemoaning overcrowding and inadequate staffing, they refused to open the museum’s doors, leaving massive lines of tourists waiting outside.

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris over the weekend, denouncing what they described as France’s drift toward war under the influence of NATO, the European Union, and President ...

The Parisian powerhouse opened the competition on June 27 with aims to expand its storied space and ease its visitor congestion through a newly designed entrance and exhibition space for one of its ...

The employees' strike at The Louvre in Paris underscores the severe impact that overtourism has on even the world's biggest attractions.

The Musée du Louvre expansion will build a new entrance and dedicated room for the Mona Lisa, to be selected in an international competition.

What's more, the disruption comes just months after President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a sweeping decade-long plan to rescue the Louvre from precisely the problems now boiling over - water leaks, ...

President Macron, who delivered his 2017 election victory speech at the Louvre and showcased it during the 2024 Paris Olympics, has promised a safer, more modern museum by the end of the decade. Until ...

The Louvre requested government assistance in January, report says A week before Macron announced the renovation project, museum leadership reached out to the government to ask for its help.

Louvre shuts down: As crowds overwhelm the world’s most-visited museum, striking workers demand urgent change.

While Macron is investing in new entrances and exhibition space, the Louvre’s annual operating subsidies from the French state have shrunk by more than 20% over the past decade — even as ...