Jean-Luc Martinez believes that capitalising on the museum's permanent collection will be key to recovery

Louvre is "is working towards a planned reopening on 6 July" with strict rules for social distancing and 70% of the museum open to the public

We caught up with the Paris institution's head of digital communications, Niko Melissano, to get his advice on creating a mega-museum Instagram presence

Publication with new scientific analysis of the picture was withdrawn after the Saudi authorities refused to loan Leonardo’s $450m painting to Paris

Ai Weiwei was a hit in Brazil, records were broken in London and Paris—but is this the final year of museum visitor growth?

Here are the best digital initiatives to feed your need for art

The Paris museum held talks with union officials yesterday

Italian officials say cultural institutions can open to the public so long as they ensure “visitors respect a distance of at least a metre between each other”

Previous highest figure was 540,000 people for the Eugène Delacroix show in 2018

Free entry—plus coffee and madeleines—promised for nocturnal visitors in a move that will allow an extra 30,000 people to see the exhibition

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from an "erotic" depiction of Adam to a masterpiece by a female French painter

Hire of French art historian Emmanuelle Polack suggests a more proactive stance on Nazi-era provenance research at Paris museum

With the Louvre revealing its virtual reality Mona Lisa, museums ponder the power of tech experiences

We look back at the biggest stories of the year

Several institutions have closed, others have cut back their opening times as protests against Macron's retirement reforms sweep the country

Attempted robbery was thwarted by police

This once in a lifetime retrospective has a freshness and coherence which appeals to public and scholar alike

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia’s luxury vessel has unexpectedly circumnavigated Europe and docked in the Netherlands

We speak to co-curator Vincent Delieuvin about the 13 years of research that went into the show and discuss the latest twist in the Salvator Mundi saga with author Ben Lewis. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793

Exclusive photograph from the Paris museum shows the intended installation set up

We can also reveal that the $450m painting is described in the latest insurance documents as “attributed to” Leonardo rather than as a definitive autograph work

With a mass of the artist’s greatest works on its walls, the exhibition is a huge hit despite the non-appearance—so far—of the controversial painting

An Italian appellate court has overturned the ban on the loan of the celebrated drawing

Forthcoming exhibition on the Renaissance master reveals ground-breaking new research on Italian literary sources

The ruling also suspends the wider agreement for the exchange of works of art between France and Italy

Reservations will become mandatory at the world's most visited museum by the end of the year

In an exclusive interview, Jean-Luc Martinez reveals his big plans for the museum and why 250,000 objects must leave Paris

Paris museum's attempts to secure $450m Leonardo look doomed to failure, and the loser will be art history

Italian conservationists say they may attempt to block the loan of the famous drawing

Speculation remains over whether Salvator Mundi will appear