Summer Olympics might be over, but French authorities are hoping Parisians and tourists can "relive" last year's magic when the iconic symbol of the Games returns next week.

PARIS -- The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don’t call it Olympic. The helium-powered hot-air balloon that lit up the French capital's skyline during the 2024 Games is ...

Amid budget cuts that mark a dramatic departure from the country’s traditional cultural protections, French museums are exploring new ways to stay solvent.

Soon after French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Laurence des Cars as director of the Louvre in 2021, she gathered her entourage to tell them of her dream for a “very grand Louvre”, much ...

Last year, the Louvre drew 9 million people, and officials hope to see that annual footfall rise to 12 million in the years ahead. To allow for that increase, French President Emmanuel Macron last ...

Macron has his sights set on the Louvre. He is aiming to harness the French sense of grandeur and the resources of its most wealthy citizens in the same way he did for the Notre-Dame cathedral, which ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said that the Louvre would be “redesigned, restored and enlarged” after the director of the world’s most visited museum voiced alarm about dire conditions ...

Like the Olympics that wowed the world and the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris after the 2019 fire that ravaged the centuries-old cathedral, Mr. Macron sees the Louvre overhaul as a way to ...

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech to announce a multi-year overhaul, long-term investments to modernize the Louvre museum, next to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa ...

Macron said that a new entrance for the Louvre will be created near the Seine by 2031, to be financed by ticket sales, patronage and licensing money from the museum's Abu Dhabi branch.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the "Mona Lisa" will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will ...