Past Projects
To date, more than $60 million has been committed to benefit the Louvre’s eight curatorial departments as well as the Education Department, Auditorium and Louvre Endowment. Initiatives supported range from scholarly research to gallery renovations, exhibitions and educational tools, and also include contemporary art installations, restorations and acquisitions.
Archive
Educational Tools and PUBLICATIONS
English translation of the Louvre’s online collection database (Atlas)
Lafayette American Art database
Art suitcases for use in schools and family activity stations in the museum
Louvre Family Guide in English
Audio devices for guided tours
Treasure of Preslav catalogue
English editions of the Genoese Drawings catalogue, Decorative Arts Department catalogue and Islamic Art Department catalogue
William Kentridge exhibition catalogue
Hector Hippolyte exhibition catalogue
Accessibility brochures for visitors with disabilities
Gallery Restorations
Restoration of the eighteenth century decorative arts galleries
Restoration of the Etruscan and Roman galleries
Exhibitions and installations
In Society: 17th- and 18th-Century Pastels at the Louvre
Forgotten Kingdoms: Heirs of the Hittite Empire
A Dream of Italy: The Marquis Campana’s Collection
Eugène Delacroix (1798 – 1863)
François Ier
Hubert Robert
From Bamiyan to Palmyra
Brief History of the Future
Lod Mosaic
Medieval Morocco
De l’Allemagne
French Bronzes
Jean-Baptiste Huynh
Tunga
Girodet
Hogarth
Conservation/Restoration of Works of Art
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Mastaba Chapel of Akhethotep
Collection of pastels in the Department of Prints and Drawings
Sculptures in the Tuileries Garden
Mamluk Portal in the Islamic art galleries
Callet Ceiling
Winged Victory
Qabr Hiram Mosaic
Leonardo’s St. Anne
Antiquities displayed in Louvre/Atlanta exhibition
Scholarly Research/Programs
Research project on the Department of Painting’s collection of historic frames
Conference on Nubian Studies
Study Days on Cristallo glass, French bronze sculpture, Boulle furniture, Leonardo’s St. Anne
Kress Fellowship in Islamic Art
Support for curators’ travel in the U.S. for research and meetings with museum colleagues
A variety of research projects in the museum’s departments of Ancient Near East and Islamic Art
Public Programs in Louvre Auditorium
Yvonne Rainier
Toni Morrison
Robert Wilson
American Art at the Louvre
New Frontiers: American Art Partnership with the Louvre, Terra Foundation for American Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and High Museum of Art
Cy Twombly commission: “The Ceiling” in the Greek bronzes gallery
Exhibitions/installations by Mike Kelley, Nan Goldin, Robert Wilson, Jenny Holzer
Acquisitions/Donations of Work of Art
“The Rise of the River”, painting by John Linnell
“Beggarman”, sculpture by Jacques Auguste Fauginet
“The Wounded Drummer Boy”, painting by François Bouchot
“Return to His Tutor”, painting by Eugene L.G. Isabey
“The Pilgrims of St. Roche”, painting by Worthington Whittredge
“Berkshire Hills”, painting by George Inness
Fund for acquisitions in the departments of Decorative Arts and Paintings
Important collection of British paintings
“La Chute d’Eau”, painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau
“Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well”, painting by Ferdinand Bol
Drawings by Benjamin West, François Le Moyne and Henri Fantin-Latour
Louis XVI gueridon from the Chateau de Chanteloup
“Columbus before the Council of Salamanca”, painting by Emanuel Leutze
Gifts for the “Tous mécènes” campaign supporting the acquisitions of Apollo Kitharoidos, François 1er’s Book of Hours, Saly’s “Cupid”, the Teschen Table, “Three Graces” by Lucas Cranach, 13th century French sculptures depicting the Descent from the Cross
Louvre Endowment
Leila & Tara Ladjevardian Fund
Dominique Mielle and Juan Carrillo Fund
Dr. Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Fund (Persian art programs)
Sue Mengers Fund (conservation of works of art)
Blum-Kovler Foundation/Peter and Judy Kovler Fund (Louvre’s social and outreach programs)
Susan D. Diskin, Ph.D. Endowment Fund (in support of the Petite Galerie and educational initiatives)