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The Louvre museum in Paris has announced it will open its doors for free one Saturday night a month to attract younger, less wealthy visitors.

The Carrousel Artshopping Contemporary Art Fair, which is organized every year in Paris by Louvre Museum, will be held this year on Oct. 19, 20 and 21. The Contemporary Turkish Artists Paris Association (ACT), which was established in 2015 in Paris to represent Turkish artists, will attend the fair again this year with 28 artists. 

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.