STORY: About a dozen protesters of "Derniere Renovation" (Final Renovation) threw balloons filled with paint on the iconic glass-and-metal structure, while another scaled it and doused it with paint.
NEW YORK -- I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has ...
The museum said the 45% price hike to 32 euros ($37) from 22 euros is part of a national "differentiated pricing" policy announced early last year that's coming into force across major cultural sites, ...
A person climbed the glass pyramid outside the Louvre in Paris, designed by IM Pei, and poured orange paint on it. Other activists threw balloons filled with paint to demand the French government come ...
The Chinese-American designer endured a roasting from critics before the giant glass structure opened in 1989, with up to 90 percent of Parisians said to be against the project at one point. "I ...
PARIS — The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, has requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its ageing exhibition halls ...
PARIS (CN) — On Monday morning at the Louvre — the world’s most visited museum — velvet ropes blocked off the glass pyramid that usually leads roughly 30,000 people a day into its walls. Workers ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel ...
In this March 29, 1989, file photo, Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei laughs while posing for a portrait in front of the Louvre glass pyramid, which he designed, in the museum’s Napoleon Courtyard, ...