A New Director Is Being Appointed to Lead Louvre Museum

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The home of the ‘Mona Lisa’ has a new boss to steer the Louvre out of crisis after jewel heist
Art historian Christophe Leribault, a veteran museum director, is taking over at the Louvre, shouldering the challenge of getting the world’s largest museum out of crisis after the brazen heist in Oct...

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A new director is being appointed to lead the Louvre Museum after jewel heist, sources say
Macron appoints new head of crisis-hit Louvre after jewellery heist
France tasks Versailles director with overhauling Louvre after heist
France on Wednesday appointed Christophe Leribault as the new head of the Louvre, bringing in the director of the Palace of Versailles to turn around the world's most-visited museum after a humiliatin...

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What to know as the Louvre gets a new chief after a surprise resignation and a bruising year
A Seasoned French Museum Chief Takes Over a Louvre in Crisis
New boss takes over at the Louvre four months after audacious jewelry heist
The group of four robbers was able to bypass security systems and used power tools to break into the Louvre to steal invaluable jewels once worn by France’s queens and empresses, officials told NBC Ne...

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Louvre Museum’s director resigns in wake of jewels heist in Paris
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Louvre director resigns after historic jewelry heist exposed security flaws

Where is the original Mona Lisa painting today? Who owns it, and why it never travels

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, a masterpiece, resides at the Louvre, protected by advanced security. Its journey from Renaissance Italy to French royal collections, through revolution and a famous theft,
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No more roommates for Mona Lisa! Iconic painting to get own gallery at the Louvre — and Americans will help foot the bill

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a massive renovation of the Louvre in Paris -- including a separate gallery for the museum's most famous holding, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Now she’s really got something to smile ...
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Ramadan poster rebuked for being replica of Mona Lisa painting

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Artist creates 'Latin American Mona Lisa' with plastic bottle caps

Artist creates 'Latin American Mona Lisa' with plastic bottle caps