The Parisian museum has recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons—so now is a good time to remember its greatness

Nine new works by the South African-born artist were unveiled at the Paris museum last Thursday

Due to the world-wide publicity of the brazen theft at the Musée du Louvre last month, the stolen jewellery may be impossible to shift

The much-anticipated report from the Cour des comptes points to issues with the management of the Paris museum and calls for a rethink of priorities

A growing emphasis on visitor experience at museums across the world is putting objects at risk, argues a leading security expert

The suspects charged so far do not appear to be linked to any high-level crime networks, according to Laure Beccuau

The arrests come as two men are charged for gang theft and criminal association

Lanvin’s artistic director Peter Copping and the Louvre’s Olivier Gabet share their deep admiration for the fashion legend

The delays to updating the museum’s apparently lacklustre surveillance infrastructure, meanwhile, have been blamed on its ambitious renovation plans

Social media users have been left—largely—amused by the German company's tongue-in-cheek approach

The museum has reopened today following the heist, although the gallery which housed the objects remains closed

Politicians and unions have criticised the government after the world’s most visited museum was robbed in broad daylight on Sunday

The work, ‘Les 4 temps’, by the Algeria-born artist Mohamed Bourouissa, will go on display later this month

Cultural sites including the Musée Picasso and the Château de Versailles were closed Thursday 18 September due to an action against budget austerity

The Louvre and the National in Edinburgh loaned works by the 18th-century artist

Workers at the world's most popular museum launched a strike over “worsening visiting conditions”

Items from Adèle de Rothschild's cabinet of curiosities will be returned to the foundation after they erroneously ended up in the collection of the Paris museum

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month

Painters have learnt by copying works in the museum for centuries. Now a group of high-profile contemporary artists have been invited to create entirely new works

Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ‘The Last Supper’ to two versions of ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’

A violent hailstorm on Saturday caused water to drip into the room hosting the important show, but “no works were damaged”, a spokesperson says

The mid-17th-century painting, titled 'Confirmation', is a key work from the vast collection of the emirate's Department of Culture and Tourism, which is now being made public

Shoppers will get the chance to see a version of the Mona Lisa while rifling through the racks

President Macron’s pledge to rescue “jewel of the nation” meets scepticism and derision amid the country's fiscal squeeze

Emmanuel Macron has thrown his weight behind a grandiose €800m renovation plan, including building a subterranean complex around Leonardo's Mona Lisa

The Paris museum’s leadership is hoping to raise money for a grand project involving reimagined exhibition and hospitality spaces and a subterranean tunnel under the museum to connect it all

How can Palestinian artists rebuild after a devastating war? Plus, a discussion about Cimabue’s radical innovations in painting and three works from a family business of printmakers

The Louvre’s conservation of La Maestà sheds new light on the painter’s techniques and influences

Years in the making, plans for the department were shelved a decade ago; now it is due to open in 2027

Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move