STORY: About a dozen protesters of "Derniere Renovation" (Final Renovation) threw balloons filled with paint on the iconic glass-and-metal structure, while another scaled it and doused it with paint.
NEW YORK -- I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has ...
The museum said the 45% price hike to 32 euros ($37) from 22 euros is part of a national "differentiated pricing" policy announced early last year that's coming into force across major cultural sites, ...
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday presented renovation plans for the Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, which has fallen into disrepair and suffers from overcrowding. The ...
PARIS (CN) — On Monday morning at the Louvre — the world’s most visited museum — velvet ropes blocked off the glass pyramid that usually leads roughly 30,000 people a day into its walls. Workers ...
I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died at age ...
PARIS — Long lines beneath I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid in Paris have become as much a part of the experience as the “Mona Lisa” itself. Now the Louvre is putting a higher price on that pilgrimage, ...
The Chinese-American designer endured a roasting from critics before the giant glass structure opened in 1989, with up to 90 percent of Parisians said to be against the project at one point. "I ...
PARIS — The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, has requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its ageing exhibition halls ...
Paris — It is the most visited museum in the world, but management, staff and visitors agree the iconic Louvre in Paris — the home of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa — is in need of some serious TLC.
In this March 29, 1989, file photo, Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei laughs while posing for a portrait in front of the Louvre glass pyramid, which he designed, in the museum’s Napoleon Courtyard, ...