The New Paris Dispatch

The New Paris Dispatch

What's going on at the Louvre?

Plus a conversation about the Paris art scene with a French art-historian and culture journalist

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Lindsey Tramuta
Feb 27, 2026
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people gathering near Louvre Museum during daytime
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Four months after the jewel heist of the century, Louvre president Laurence des Cars resigned this week. The stolen jewels and security failings weren’t the only crises she was mired in during her five-year tenture: There have been accusations of budget mismanagement, and internal tensions with staff and trade unions…

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