Some cities don’t just exist in the present — they straddle the past and breathe history into every stone, building, and ...

Ancient Egypt looms large in popular culture, from Indiana Jones to The Prince of Egypt. The country is a treasure trove of ...

Water from a hailstorm leaked into the Musée du Louvre on Saturday (3 May), almost dripping on Cimabue’s Maestà, arguably the greatest early Western European painting. Dating from 1280-85 ...

In France, people who visit The Louvre museum can pay to use a New NIntendo 3DS system as an audio guide to the exhibits and attractions. However, there’s now an end date for that service.

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a 66-foot-tall statue resting in the shadow of the nearby Great Pyramid of Giza, is one of the most widely recognizable relics of the ancient world. Even if you’ve ...

Bonnard’s belief that his art could always be tweaked and improved even led—allegedly—to him being arrested, paintbrush in hand, in the Louvre. Bonnard was born in 1867, and began his ...

IF YOU WERE to walk through each of the Louvre’s 400 galleries, you would cover about 14.5km (enough to burn off even the most calorific of Parisian indulgences). Stop to look at each artwork ...

Wednesday was emotional for Dallas Cowboys fans as the final piece of a legendary offensive line officially hung up his cleats. Longtime left tackle Tyron Smith signed a one-day contract with the ...

“Architecture is closely intertwined with the fate of humanity—it will evolve and renew itself, as it has always been doing. So long as humanity does not perish, architecture will not either.” ...

At the Louvre Abu Dhabi, you won’t find an “Impressionism” wing or “ancient Greek sculptures” hall. Walking into the first of 23 galleries, visitors encounter a statuette of an Egyptian ...