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 ...

Related: INFOGRAPHIC: The most amazing museums in the world For a full 24 hours (May 28 3:00 p.m. to May 29 3:00 p.m.), JR and other artists occupied the Louvre. The agenda included a series of ...

For the 30th anniversary of the Louvre Pyramid, French artist Jean Rene created an optical illusion, making it appear like the famous structure was emerging from a rocky abyss. The artwork ...

analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by ...

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I.M. Pei’s grand pyramid brought controversy, modernity and a new entrance to the Louvre. But is it time for the pyramid to disappear? Kind of: As Henri Neuendorf reports for artnet News ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another climate controversy in France, this time at the pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris, on which protesters from Derniere Renovation (Final Renovation) threw balloons filled with paint.

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 ...

Already, the museum has capped daily attendance at 30,000 people, who mostly enter via the Louvre Pyramid, a glass-and-steel structure designed by the architect I.M. Pei in the 1980s, during the ...

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 ...