In an interview with Le Monde, Laurence des Cars explains how the Paris museum is embarking on renovation and redevelopment ...

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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.

The design of the pyramid ... when Louvre employees spirited away thousands of artworks ahead of the Nazi invasion. The museum's renovation project, along with all related construction for the ...

Forty years after its last major renovation—the construction of the glass pyramid—the Louvre now welcomes 8.7 million visitors annually, more than double the 4 million it was designed to ...

When I visited the Louvre last November ... it has not had a significant revamp since the construction of I. M. Pei’s glass pyramid in 1989. In 2005, it had 7.3 million visitors; by 2010 ...

Laurence des Cars called for a fundamental modernization of the Louvre, stating that "the status quo is not tenable." ...