Louvre official says fraud ‘inevitable’ at large museums as France probes multimillion dollar scheme
PARIS (AP) — For the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, it is “statistically inevitable” that fraud would come up at ...
Art has a way of making us travel twice: once across the globe, and once through time. From ancient civilizations to bold contemporary statements, the world’s greatest museums aren’t just buildings ...
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Louvre official says fraud was ‘statistically inevitable' following revelation of counterfeit ticket scheme
Last week, Paris police arrested nine people suspected of orchestrating a decade-long, $11.8 million ticket scam.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said a network involving museum employees and tour guides had been operating for a decade.
Two Louvre employees and several tour guides have been arrested in a decade-long ticket fraud scheme that allegedly cost the museum more than €10 million.
A water leak affected the Denon gallery in the Louvre museum, where valuable paintings are displayed. The Mona Lisa was not impacted. The leak was contained, but some ceiling damage occurred. This ...
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Art and the deal: market slump pushes galleries to the Gulf
With global sales mired in a slump, art dealers have turned to buyers in the oil-rich Gulf, where culture sector spending is ...
PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Louvre museum's Denon gallery, where its most valuable paintings are displayed, was hit by a ...
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The Louvre’s most valuable paintings gallery damaged by water leak: Is the Mona Lisa affected?
The Louvre museum’s Denon gallery, where its most valuable paintings are displayed, was hit by a water leak on Thursday evening, though the area of the famous Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was unaffected, a ...
Paris prosecutors say police are detaining nine people in an investigation into a long-running ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre museum.
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