Tag: Louvre
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LA Artist Judy Baca Accused of Misusing Funds For Historic Mural, French President Stung by Louvre Chaos: Morning Links for February 26, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines CRACKS IN THE WALL. Ten former employees, including two managers, who worked on The Great Wall of Los Angeles public collaborative mural, allege the revered Chicano artist Judy Baca has been misusing millions of dollars in grants.Shedesigned and leads the project, and the read more
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New Leader Picked for Crisis-Stricken Louvre Museum
News Christophe Leribault, who heads the Palace of Versailles, succeeds Laurence des Cars within one day of her resignation. New Louvre leader Christophe Leribault in 2024 (photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images) A new director has been appointed at the Louvre Museum within one day of Laurence des Cars’ resignation on February 24. French read more
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Christophe Leribault Tapped to Lead Louvre Museum One Day After Laurence Des Cars’s Resignation
One day after Laurence des Cars resigned from her position as president of the Louvre Museum, President Emmanuel Macron appointed Christophe Leribault, the director of the Palace of Versailles, to take her place. The decision, a government spokesperson told Le Parisien, was announced by Macron at the Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday. Leribault, 63, read more
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Venice Biennale Announces Participating Artists, Christophe Leribault Poised to Replace Ousted Louvre President: Morning Links for February 25, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines VENICE ROLL CALL. The Venice Biennale has officially named the artists participating in its 2026 edition opening to the public May 9 through November 22. Considered the world’s most important art exhibition, the biennale is gearing up for its 61st edition, titled “In read more
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Louvre Director Resigns Amid Heist Fallout
News Laurence des Cars’s resignation comes months after the infamous jewel heist drew international ire. Laurence des Cars before the National Assembly cultural affairs committee at the Palais Bourbon in Paris, on November 19, 2025 (photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP via Getty Images) Laurence des Cars resigned from her post as the president and read more
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Louvre Director Laurence des Cars Resigns After Heist and Internal Turmoil
After a prolonged period of internal turmoil that has included a widely publicized heist, striking workers, two structural leaks, and a ticketing scam, the Louvre has lost its director. On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he had officially accepted the resignation of Laurence des Cars, who had led the Louvre since 2021. “Ms. Laurence read more
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Activists Hang Prince Andrew's Arrest Photo at the Louvre
News The unflattering photo of the disgraced former royalty was taken after his arrest last week for his ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A guerrilla installation of ex-Prince Andrew post-arrest at the Musée du Louvre on Sunday, February 22 (screenshot Rhea Nayyar/Hyperallergic via Instagram) Activists affiliated with the Everyone Hates Elon campaign installed a read more
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Louvre Official Says Fraud Was ‘Statistically Inevitable’ Following Revelation of Counterfeit Ticket Scheme
With roughly 9 million visitors last year, the Louvre in Paris remains the world’s most visited museum—and, according to one official, an “inevitable” target of fraud—following the revelation of a decade-long, €10 million ($11.8 million) suspected ticket scam. Kim Pham, the Louvre’s general administrator, told the Associated Press that the museum’s vast scale made such read more
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Louvre Faces €10M Loss After Decades-Long Ticket Fraud Busted
A sweeping fraud scheme targeting ticket sales at the Louvre was uncovered earlier this week, leaving the scandal-plagued museum facing losses estimated at more than €10 million. The Palace of Versailles was also implicated in the scheme, which involved the sale of counterfeit tickets and the overbooking of guided tours, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed read more
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Police Arrest Network of Louvre Ticket Fraudsters, London’s National Gallery to Cut Jobs Amid Growing Deficit: Morning Links for February 13, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines ARTFUL DODGERS. The Louvrehas had a rough season since the brazen daylight theft of France’s crown jewels from its gilded halls last October. Now, French police have arrested nine people in connection with an extensive network of fraudsters who sold fake tickets via read more
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Louvre Indefinitely Postpones Announcing the Winning Architect of Its $776 M. Expansion Project
Just over six months after it was announced, the Louvre has indefinitely postponed the competition launched in June 2025 to design an expansion of France’s most well-known art museum. The news was reported in Le Figaro Friday. The project, called Louvre—Nouvelle Renaissance, was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron in January of last year and read more
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Empress Eugénie’s Crown to be Restored After Louvre Heist, Rembrandt Drawing Breaks Auction Record: Morning Links for February 5, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. THE HEADLINES FALLEN CROWN. For the first time since the brazen theft of French crown jewels, the Louvre has publicly shared images of Empress Eugénie’s crown, which was badly crushed by thieves who tried but failed to make off with it. Investigators determined that the read more
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Empress Eugénie’s Damaged Crown to Be Restored After Louvre Heist
When thieves broke into Paris’s Louvre on October 19 last year, they ran off with an estimated $102 million in jewels. In their scramble to escape, however, they left behind what may have been at the top of their loot list: the crown of Empress Eugénie. Dropped and badly damaged during the heist, the diamond- read more
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Louvre Closes Again as Union Negotiations Drag On
The Louvre closed on Monday due to a strike as employees’ demands for improved working conditions and pay equity continue to go unmet, marking the fourth day the Paris museum has shuttered since mid-December. The stoppage is one of the longest strikes in the history of the world’s most visited museum, a crisis intensified by read more
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Legendary Dealer Marian Goodman Dies, Louvre Shutters Again Amid Strike: Morning Links for January 26, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Kicker GOODMAN GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. Marian Goodman, the art dealer admired for her lifelong loyalty to her artists and her indifference to market trends, died on Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital at 97, ARTnews reported on Sunday. In 1977, at 49, she read more
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Shocking New Louvre Heist Footage Released to the Public
News The video shows how the thieves made it in and out of the museum’s Apollo Gallery almost seamlessly with the nation’s crown jewels. It’s been three months since the monumental jewel heist at the Musée du Louvre astonished the world, and the CCTV footage from inside the museum on that fateful day has been read more
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Four Additional Suspects Arrested in Connection to Louvre Museum Heist
Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last month, USA Today reported. Two men and two women between the ages of 31 and 40 were arrested on Tuesday and are being questioned, according to statements made by French prosecutors on Tuesday. read more
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