https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The escalating Middle East war has raised concerns over the safety of masterpieces on loan from France to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, sparking questions about the security of the famed museum's only foreign branch. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260312/fears-grow-for-french-loans-at-louvre-abu-dhabi-as-war-rages Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:45:13 +0100 fears-grow-for-french-loans-at-louvre-abu-dhabi-as-war-rages After a break-in and strikes, a ticket fraud scandal and a water leak on Friday brought new troubles to France's Louvre museum. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260214/water-leak-and-ticket-fraud-charges-add-to-louvre-woes Sat, 14 Feb 2026 09:39:50 +0100 water-leak-and-ticket-fraud-charges-add-to-louvre-woes French police have dismantled a "large-scale" ticket fraud network at the Louvre in Paris, the museum said Thursday, while a source following the case said two staff had been arrested. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260212/two-louvre-staff-arrested-over-ticket-fraud Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:54:12 +0100 two-louvre-staff-arrested-over-ticket-fraud The Louvre Museum was forced to close on Monday due to strike action from staff in the latest disruption at the world's most-visited museum, management said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260112/louvre-strikes-french-museum-closes-for-the-day Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:00:53 +0100 louvre-strikes-french-museum-closes-for-the-day Staff at the Louvre voted for another day of strike action on Monday, union representatives told AFP in Paris, threatening fresh disruption at the world's most-visited museum. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260105/louvre-staff-vote-for-strike-again-unions Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:51:03 +0100 louvre-staff-vote-for-strike-again-unions France on Friday charged the fourth alleged member of a four-person gang arrested over last month's spectacular jewel heist at the Louvre, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251128/france-charges-fourth-suspected-member-of-louvre-heist-gang Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:21:57 +0100 france-charges-fourth-suspected-member-of-louvre-heist-gang Last month’s Louvre heist, in which robbers made off with some of France's crown jewels, was a “deafening wake-up call” for museum security, the head of France’s highest audit institution said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251107/louvre-heist-a-deafening-wake-up-call-for-museum-security-auditor Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:03:42 +0100 louvre-heist-a-deafening-wake-up-call-for-museum-security-auditor France's culture minister said on Friday anti-ramming devices would be set up around the Louvre by year's end, after a high-profile heist at the famed museum reignited debate over its security. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251031/louvre-to-get-anti-ramming-barriers-by-year-end Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:25:41 +0100 louvre-to-get-anti-ramming-barriers-by-year-end French police have arrested five more people, including a prime suspect, over this month's daring Louvre museum robbery, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251030/france-arrests-five-new-suspects-in-louvre-heist-probe Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:09:36 +0100 france-arrests-five-new-suspects-in-louvre-heist-probe The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251023/louvre-director-admits-insufficient-camera-coverage-after-heist Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:11:38 +0200 louvre-director-admits-insufficient-camera-coverage-after-heist A French prosecutor on Tuesday said that the financial damage from the audacious Louvre heist was estimated at 88 million euros ($102 million) after thieves made off with priceless royal jewels. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251021/latest-louvre-jewellery-heist-losses-estimated-at-e88-million Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:19:36 +0200 latest-louvre-jewellery-heist-losses-estimated-at-e88-million The head of the Louvre in Paris has warned the government about leaks, overcrowding and sub-standard catering in a confidential note that has raised alarm about the state of the world's most-visited museum. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250123/leaky-crowded-and-hot-louvre-boss-slams-her-own-museum Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:48:10 +0100 leaky-crowded-and-hot-louvre-boss-slams-her-own-museum There are lots of guides to the visual splendours of Paris' museums and art galleries - but for those with a short attention span comes a new one, showing only nude or erotic artworks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210722/new-guide-to-paris-museums-showing-only-the-nudes Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:05:31 +0200 new-guide-to-paris-museums-showing-only-the-nudes Visitors were again allowed to enter France's famous Louvre museum on Monday, after 16 weeks of coronavirus health closure. But anyone wanting to admire the Mona Lisa will have to wear a mask. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200706/paris-louvre-museum-reopens-with-health-rules Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:22:32 +0200 paris-louvre-museum-reopens-with-health-rules The Louvre museum in Paris reopened on Wednesday after staff being closed for three days when staff went on strike citing fears over the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200301/frances-louvre-museum-closed-due-to-virus-fears Sun, 01 Mar 2020 17:42:45 +0100 frances-louvre-museum-closed-due-to-virus-fears As an artist, architect and engineer, Virgil Abloh is fashion's renaissance man. Now the hyperactive US designer is measuring himself up against the greatest polymath of all with a collection of clothes inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191214/louvre-partners-us-streetwear-guru-on-leonardo-fashion-line Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:17:42 +0100 louvre-partners-us-streetwear-guru-on-leonardo-fashion-line An Italian court has blocked the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's famed Vitruvian Man sketch to the Louvre in Paris, ahead of an exibition marking the 500th anniversary of the artist's death. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191010/italian-court-rules-against-lending-da-vinci-work-to-france Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:18:44 +0200 italian-court-rules-against-lending-da-vinci-work-to-france Greece has asked France to loan a Parthenon marble frieze fragment displayed at Paris's Louvre Museum to mark its 200th independence anniversary in 2021, an official said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190824/greece-seeking-parthenon-sculpture-loan-from-frances-louvre Sat, 24 Aug 2019 14:45:15 +0200 greece-seeking-parthenon-sculpture-loan-from-frances-louvre The world famous Louvre museum in Paris on Friday urged visitors to book their visit in advance online after seeing a heavy influx this summer, adding reservations would be obligatory by the end of this year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190803/paris-overcrowded-louvre-to-make-reservations-compulsory Sat, 03 Aug 2019 11:44:57 +0200 paris-overcrowded-louvre-to-make-reservations-compulsory Protesters gathered outside the Louvre in Paris on Monday to condemn the museum's ties with the Sackler family, billionaire donors accused of pushing a highly-addictive opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190702/french-and-american-protesters-urge-louvre-to-cut-ties-with-donor-over-opioid-crisis Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:14:22 +0200 french-and-american-protesters-urge-louvre-to-cut-ties-with-donor-over-opioid-crisis