Sydney Morning Herald2d
Mona Lisa will have her own room under a major renovation of the Louvre
The Louvre’s last overhaul took place in the 1980s, when the iconic, and controversial at the time, glass pyramid at its entrance was unveiled. Macron said the expansion will allow the Mona Lisa ...
The New York Times4d
Mona Lisa to Get Her Own Room as the Overcrowded Louvre Expands
Already, the museum has capped daily attendance at 30,000 people, who mostly enter via the Louvre Pyramid, a glass-and-steel structure designed by the architect I.M. Pei in the 1980s, during the ...
Fast Company3d
The Louvre will get a major redesign to take on overtourism
[Photo: Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images] The Louvre currently has only one entrance—the iconic glass pyramid by architect I.M. Pei, opened in 1989. Overcrowding of the throughway in ...
Yahoo News3d
The ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Getting Its Own Private Room at the Louvre
The entrance to the building—I. M. Pei’s Louvre Pyramid—was designed to accommodate just half of the visitors it currently does. To alleviate that issue, a new entrance will be created at the ...
Reuters9d
Paris' Louvre museum, in dire state, cries for help
Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by architect I.M. Pei, which itself has become problematic as its greenhouse ...