French President Emmanuel Macron is due to visit the Louvre on Tuesday after its director issued a warning about leaks, overcrowding and sub-standard catering in a confidential note that has raised
With upgrades including a separate room for the Mona Lisa, the renovation of Paris' Louvre Museum is expected to cost between $730 million and $825 million over the next decade.
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the Louvre on Tuesday after the Paris museum's director issued a warning about the dire conditions for visitors and artefacts, the presidency said.
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron was set on Tuesday to visit the Louvre and make an announcement about its future, after the director of the
French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled plans to renovate the Louvre as part of a so-called 'New Renaissance' project, days after the museum's director warned that the building was dilapidated.
The TikTok creator who Macron helped had previously called the president a “dwarf married to his French teacher,” who presided over a “country the size of a potato crisp.”
A multi-year overhaul will see a new entrance built as well as a separate underground gallery for Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece in what Mr Macron called a "new renaissance".
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a
Musée du Louvre : The Mona Lisa soon in a new room? At a press conference, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, would be moved to a brand-new room beneath the Cour Carré. The idea: to make it easier for visitors to access, and independent of the Museum. [Read more]
Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.
Brits could soon pay more to enter the Louvre to see Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, as French president Emmanuel Macron announces major overhaul of the world's most visited museum