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10 Most Beautiful Museums In The World: Architectural Gems That Hold Masterpieces

Step into the realm of modern marvels with a journey through some of the world's most captivating museums.

International Business Times

Climate activists arrested after hurling pumpkin soup at Mona Lisa

Discover the intriguing incident that took place at the Louvre Museum in France, where climate change activists targeted the Mona Lisa with pumpkin soup, r...

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Climate activists throw soup at glass protecting Mona Lisa in Paris

Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system.

WEKU

True Detective season 4 review: Jodie Foster is perfectly cast in this frosty, Alaska-set mystery

As bodies turn up in the permafrost, ‘Night Country’ indulges in the sort of body horror tableaus you could hang in the Louvre

The Independent UK

Louvre evacuated; Paris on edge

After a teacher is murdered by a suspected extremist, French landmarks face alleged threats

Salon

The Louvre Museum in Paris is being evacuated after a threat while France is under high alert

The Louvre Museum says it is closing for the day and evacuating all visitors and staff after it received a written threat

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Louvre and Versailles evacuated amid maximum security alert in France

The Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff on Saturday after receiving bomb threats. France has declared a top-level security alert nationwide following the murder of a teacher at a high school in a suspected terrorist attack.

Radio France Internationale

Vacheron Constantin invites you to commission a watch inspired by a Louvre masterpiece

Vacheron Constantin and the Louvre continue their partnership, with the chance to commission ‘A Masterpiece on Your Wrist’

Wallpaper

Britons travelling to France warned amid fears of violence at protests

Britons travelling to France have been warned to “avoid demonstrations wherever possible” as hundreds of thousands of workers were set to go out on a national strike on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Louvre staff block entrances as part of pension protest

The Louvre Museum in Paris has been closed to the public because its workers took part in the wave of French protest strikes against the government’s unpopular pension reform plans

The Independent UK

‘Chance of a lifetime’ Vermeer exhibition to open in Amsterdam

Rare exhibition assembles 28 paintings by enigmatic Dutch master in one place

The Guardian - UK

French city asks Madonna for loan of painting lost during WWI

The mayor of Amiens in northern France has released a video requesting that American pop singer Madonna "loan" the city a painting from her personal collection, which resembles one lost there during World War I.

Radio France Internationale

Eco-activists underestimate damage protests do to artworks, museums warn

Nearly 100 of the world's most famous museums issued a joint declaration on Thursday saying environmental activists who attack paintings to draw attention to climate change "severely underestimate" the damage that could be caused.

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Art world appalled by attacks on paintings

PARIS: Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism.

The Guardian - UK

Pierre Soulages obituary

French abstract painter who expressed a fascination with black in works popular with collectors and public alike

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Returns Antiquities to Egypt

Authorities in New York announced Wednesday the return of 16 antiquities to Egypt, including five works that were seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a probe into international art trafficking. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the 16 works were worth more than $16 million.

The Walrus

What Canada’s Largest Art Heist Reveals about the Art World’s Shady Side

The stolen masterpieces have never turned up—and nobody’s really looking for them

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United Arab Emirates reinforces cooperation with Louvre artefact trafficking probe

The United Arab Emirates, home to the only foreign branch of the Louvre, has vowed to ensure a thorough investigation into the trafficking of artefacts linked to its parent museum in Paris.

Salon

Mona Lisa attacked with slice of cake

A man, who's since been arrested, created an elaborate disguise in order to get close enough to the masterpiece

WEKU

A man in a wig was detained after throwing a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa

A man who was apparently disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair was detained after throwing a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa.

The Times of India

Man dressed as an old woman throws cake at Mona Lisa portrait

In a shocking incident, a man dressed as an old woman threw a piece of cake at the famous Mona Lisa portrait on May 29, 2022 at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Fortunately, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci has a glass covering which protects it from any…

France 24

Man disguised as old woman throws cake at the Mona Lisa

A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth.

The Independent UK

Man in wig throws cake at glass protecting Mona Lisa

A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth

ABC News

Former president of the Louvre museum charged in antiquities trafficking case

Jean-Luc Martinez receives preliminary charges for alleged antiquities trafficking, "complicity in organised fraud" and money laundering during his tenure as head of the famous Paris museum.

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