The Louvre in the U.S.

The Louvre has enjoyed a close and unique relationship with many museums in the United States, with a long history of collaboration on exhibitions, scholarly research and educational initiatives. Partners include the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Getty Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Legion of Honor, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Neue Galerie, the Morgan Library and Museum, the Denver Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, and the Oklahoma City Art Museum.

Current & Upcoming Exhibitions in the U.S.

Friedrich, Caspar David, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques, RF 35803, Recto - https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020036828 - https://collections.louvre.fr/CGU

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature


February 8–May 11, 2025

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Presented in honor of the 250th anniversary of Friedrich’s birth in 2024, Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature is the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the artist held in the United States, and includes the drawing Le cimetière sous la lune on loan from the Louvre. The show illuminates how Friedrich developed a symbolic vocabulary of landscape motifs, and highlights the role of German Romanticism in shaping modern perceptions of the natural world.

Recent Exhibitions in the U.S.

Featuring major paintings, including several on loan from private collections, the exhibition 'Guillaume Lethière' showcases the oeuvre of this 19th-century French-Guadeloupean artist who integrated Classical and Romantic influences into his work. The exhibition recontextualizes Lethiere’s work by exploring themes of identity, migration, and cultural hybridity.

Guillon-Lethière, “born in Guadeloupe”

June 15–October 14, 2024

Guillon-Lethière, “born in Guadeloupe”
Krater Decorated with Procession of Dionysos (Borghese Vase). Greek, about 100–1 BCE, marble. Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines. © RMN-Grand Palais

Poussin and the Dance

February 15–May 8, 2022

Poussin and the Dance
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