Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Apeshit Video Shot at the Louvre

Beyoncé and Jay-Z, performing as The Carters, filmed their music video for 'Apeshit' at the Louvre in Paris. The video, released on June 16, 2018, features the couple and a group of black dancers posing before iconic artworks including the Venus de Milo, Winged Victory of Samothrace, Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii, and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The lyrics celebrate fame and family unity while the visuals challenge the predominance of white cultural heritage in the museum. A notable appearance is Marie-Guillemine Benoist's Portrait of a Negress (1800), painted six years after the abolition of slavery, depicting a black woman in dignified beauty. The video asserts a long-denied presence for black artists and audiences in such spaces.