Meanwhile in Paris, it looks like the Louvre is not a great place to visit.
Its always been crowded, and certainly on my last visit there were rooms I avoided (not least the Mona Lisa room), but it will take quite a big rethink of the exhibition space to resolve these problems.
Of course, this is very much a 'first world problem' but good access to cultural artefacts (including but not limited to those on show in Paris) remains important, I think.
#art #Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/28/we-wont-come-again-dazed-visitors-fed-up-with-overcrowded-louvre-paris
Its always been crowded, and certainly on my last visit there were rooms I avoided (not least the Mona Lisa room), but it will take quite a big rethink of the exhibition space to resolve these problems.
Of course, this is very much a 'first world problem' but good access to cultural artefacts (including but not limited to those on show in Paris) remains important, I think.
#art #Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/28/we-wont-come-again-dazed-visitors-fed-up-with-overcrowded-louvre-paris
Emeritus Prof Christopher May •