École du Louvre Students Block Museum Entrance as French Education Protests Hit One Month
Yesterday, numerous students from the École du Louvre obstructed the main entrance of the Louvre Museum in Paris, resulting in its closure. This protest coincided with a series of nationwide demonstrations that marked one month of unrest regarding France's education system, which has been criticized for being overcrowded and lacking resources. Anna Lee, a staff reporter for Hyperallergic, reported on the museum's shutdown. The blockade was part of a broader series of art-related events, including protests in Bogotá against Colombia's president for the removal of works related to LGBTQ+ and women's rights, as noted by Valentina Di Liscia. Additionally, critic Greta Rainbow reviewed a film by Mani Haghighi about the Iranian authorities' confiscation of Nasser Bakhshi's archive, while Brazilian artist Rosana Paulino spoke with Daniela Mayer about the effects of colonial history. This summary was put together by Lisa Yin Zhang.
Key facts
- Dozens of École du Louvre students blocked the Louvre Museum's main entrance in Paris yesterday, forcing its closure
- The blockade came as nationwide protests over France's education system reached the one-month mark
- Hundreds protested at Colombia's national museum in Bogotá after the far-right president removed works on LGBTQ+ and women's rights and political violence
- Rosana Paulino, representing Brazil at this year's Venice Biennale, spoke with curator Daniela Mayer
- Paulino co-opts the European illustrated naturalist album to represent Black Brazilian women's experience
- A new film by Mani Haghighi documents Iranian authorities' seizure of Nasser Bakhshi's archive in Tabriz
- Smiles Meyer staged The First Gathering in 2024, recreating Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper (1495–98) with trans models
- Gowanus Open Studios marked its 30th iteration
Entities
Artists
- Rosana Paulino
- Daniela Mayer
- Nasser Bakhshi
- Smiles Meyer
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Elizabeth Ohlson Wallin
- Maris
- David Reed
- Roy Lichtenstein
- John Yau
- Mani Haghighi
- Melissa Brown
- Jennifer Samet
- Robert Shetterly
- Taylor Simmons
- Carl Sprinchorn
- Anna Lee
- Valentina Di Liscia
- Greta Rainbow
- Lisa Yin Zhang
- Rhea Nayyar
- Maya Pontone
- Kim Córdova
- Emma Cieslik
- Bari Weiss
- Mamdani
- Émilie
- Claire Barbillon
- Édouard Geffray
- Francisco Goya
- Virginia Ryan
Institutions
- Louvre Museum
- École du Louvre
- Hyperallergic
- Venice Biennale
- Colombia's national museum
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- Poster House
- Ogunquit Museum of American Art
- Bates College Museum of Art
- Gowanus Open Studios
- 60 Minutes
- New Yorker
- Grub Street
- Boston Art Review
- French Democratic Confederation of Labour
- National School of Fine Arts
- French Interior Ministry
- BBC
- Euronews
- NBC News
- Ministère de l'Intérieur
- Ministère de la Culture
- Institut national d'histoire de l'art
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- École Boulle
- École Normale Supérieure
- Connaissance des Arts
- Parcoursup
- MonMaster
- École Duperré
- École Estienne
- Ensaama
- Haute École des arts du Rhin
- Villa Arson
- Esä Dunkerque-Tourcoing
- Écoles normales supérieures
- Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas
- Sorbonne
- Sciences Po
- École des beaux-arts
- BeauxArts.com
- ministère de l'Intérieur
- Louvre
- École des Beaux-Arts
- CFDT
- CGT
- Agence France-Presse
- Art Basel Paris
- Grand Palais
- Fondazione Biscozzi | Rimbaud
- Collezione Casamonti
- Palazzo Stella
- Ansa
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Bogotá
- Colombia
- Brazil
- Tabriz
- Iran
- Venice
- Italy
- New York City
- Harlem
- Brooklyn
- Gowanus
- Massachusetts
- Maine
- Los Angeles
- Place de la Bastille
- Nice
- Lyon
- Dunkerque
- Tourcoing
- place de la Bastille
- Milan
- Spain
- Portugal
- Lecce
- Lungarno Serristori