France Cuts its Culture Budget for 2013, While Germany Boosts Arts Spending
With all the E.U. countries engaged in belt-tightening, it was not a surprise when France announced last month that it was cutting cultural spending next year by 4.5 percent (even if it did contradict...
View ArticleThe Louvre Opens New Outpost in Lens With a Visit From President Francois...
French president François Hollande (pictured) inaugurated the Louvre’s new museum in the northern French city of Lens — Louvre-Lens — yesterday, before it opens to the public December 12. Designed by...
View ArticleThe Louvre’s New Director Will Be Greco-Roman Curator Jean-Luc Martinez
Today French president François Hollande selected Jean-Luc Martinez, who is currently head of the Louvre’s department of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities, as the next director of the museum when...
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