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Irvin Matus The new reading room of the Folger Shakespeare Library is dominated by a huge painting of the sort that Oscar Wilde's Lady Bracknell migh ...

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The renovation project, branded "Louvre New Renaissance," will include a wide new entrance ... to be financed by ticket sales ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Why has France announced an overhaul of the landmark Louvre? AP explains French President Emmanuel Macron ...

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