On this day in 1793, the Louvre Museum opened in France. But what’s behind its infamous pyramid and does a darker symbol lurk? The Louvre Museum opened on 10 August 1793 with a modest collection ...

[Photo: Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images] The Louvre currently has only one entrance—the iconic glass pyramid by architect I.M. Pei, opened in 1989. Overcrowding of the throughway in ...

Environmental activists defaced the Louvre pyramid on 27 October, covering the landmark glass monument with orange paint. Protestors from the Dernière Rénovation group threw balloons at the ...

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Under the glass pyramid, which was designed by leoh Ming ... You could spend weeks on end admiring the Louvre’s pieces, and still not get to each one; besides the Mona Lisa, arguably the most ...

Architect I.M. Pei (1917–2019) believed that “success is a collection of problems solved,” and designing the Louvre’s now-iconic glass pyramid entrance put that philosophy to the ultimate ...

The Louvre's last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. A look at what's at stake: Macron said the expansion of the museum will allow the “Mona Lisa” to ...

There is one early sketch of the Louvre Pyramid but precious little else. If it weren’t for occasional video footage of him playing on screens, he would be almost entirely absent. Yet it is ...

The evening’s Lancôme ambassadors pose outside the Louvre Pyramid. From left: Aya Nakamura, Seyfried, Penélope Cruz, Isabella Rossellini, Emma Chamberlain, Chiara Ferragni, and He Cong ...

The Louvre’s last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. Macron said the expansion of the museum will allow the “Mona Lisa” to be moved to a new ...

But it's estimated to reach up to 800 million euros ($834 million).The Louvre's last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled.A look at what's at stake ...

The Louvre’s latest overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. Now, the museum is not up to international standards anymore. Macron said the expansion of the ...