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Turkish artists opened an exhibition on May 25 at France's Louvre Museum as part of the International Contemporary Arts Fair in the French capital.

Turkish artists opened an exhibition on May 25 at France’s Louvre Museum as part of the International Contemporary Arts Fair in the French capital.

Journalists flooded Iran's National Museum on March 5 for the arrival of more than 50 artworks from the Louvre, the first major show by a Western museum in the country's history.

A French soldier patrolling at the Louvre museum in Paris shot and seriously injured a machete-wielding man on Feb. 3 as he attacked security forces, police said.

The attack at the Louvre is a terrorist act, stated French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

Paris Prosecutor's Office is already leading an investigation.

A French soldier opened fire after a man tried to enter the Louvre in Paris with suspicious luggage.

The area around the museum has been cut off.

PARIS - The Louvre museum in Paris has been cordoned off, after a French soldier opened fire on an attacker, wounding him, reported RT citing local media.

The French Interior Ministry reported that there has been a "grave public security incident" in the vicinity of the Louvre museum.

The Star Wars saga has the stuff Ancient Greek myths are made of. French artist Travis Durden created portraits of Star Wars characters using photographs of statues from the Louvre and heads of Star Wars figures commissioned through a 3D modeler.

Turkish history of arts expert ?lhan Alemdar is responsible for the Islamic artworks section in the world famous Louvre Museum in Paris. Alemdar has studied the history of arts in Greece and France and has been working for the Louvre Museum for 25 years in the staff of the French Culture Ministry.

The annoying selfie sticks that tourists often use to film themselves while haphazardly walking and inevitably bumping into others have been characterized as “tripods”. The National Gallery in London and the former royal residence of Versailles near Paris recently joined Rome’s Colosseum in banning the sticks.

The renovation and construction works of three of the four wings of Bulgaria's National Museum Complex, known as the 'Bulgarian Louvre' are complete.

The Sofia-located Complex will be open for visitors in the autumn, and will host exhibits from the collections of Bulgaria's National Art Gallery and the Gallery for Foreign Art, BTV informs.