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 ...

The entrance to the building—I. M. Pei’s Louvre Pyramid—was designed to accommodate just half of the visitors it currently does. To alleviate that issue, a new entrance will be created at ...

The Louvre Pyramid will continue to be a visitor access point, however. The new entrance will open onto the museum's eastern courtyard, the Cour Carrée, and the plan is to expand downwards ...

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 ...

In this clip from I.M. Pei: Building China Modern, Pei describes the resistance he initially face when building The Louvre Pyramid and how he worked through the cultural attitudes that were ...

Climate activists have scaled the Louvre Museum in Paris and thrown orange paint over the iconic “Pyramid de Louvre”. About a dozen protesters of “Derniere Renovation” (Final Renovation ...

The Astronaut singer-songwriter took part in the 2024 Paris Olympics Torch Relay as one of its torchbearers the same day, carrying the Olympic Flame in the Louvre Pyramid section at 9.30 AM KST ...

The Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated ... and in the underground shopping center beneath its signature pyramid. Police cordoned off the monument from all sides, and the underground ...

In the spring of 1988, when the pyramid at the Louvre was nearly finished ... She has been a reporter for the Home section, editor of Styles of The Times, an early iteration of Style, and a ...