Laurence des Cars’ policy at the Louvre
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French Court of Auditors : a damning report on the LouvreThe report by the The French Court of Auditors (Cour des comptes) on the Louvre is damning. Damning for the Louvre’s management, but not for La Tribune de l’Art. For even if it expresses it in terms…
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The Louvre, a besieged citadelLike all large institutions, the Louvre holds a yearly celebration for its staff. This takes place each year under the Pyramid: a cocktail dinner is organized, music is played and one can dance, with…
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A new damning report on the lack of security at the LouvreNous avons pu nous procurer un rapport « confidentiel », daté de 2017, donnant les résultats d’un « audit "sûreté" » demandé par l’établissement public du musée du Louvre à l’Institut national des…
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The senators’ questions to which Laurence des Cars did not respondLes auditions devant les commissions du Sénat ou de l’Assemblée nationale se déroulent toujours selon le même schéma. Après un discours liminaire, la personne auditionnée est interrogée par les…
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Louvre: Inspection Générale report slams Laurence des CarsIt is a security failure and, more broadly, a failure for everyone.” This is what Rachida Dati has just declared in an interview on TF1 (ill. 1) concerning the report by the Inspectorate General of…
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Closed rooms: the Louvre investigatesLa question des effectifs de surveillance au Musée du Louvre est cruciale, pas uniquement pour la sécurité des œuvres, mais également pour l’ouverture des salles. Comme nous l’avons souvent écrit, en…
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Public procurement: the new scapegoats of the Louvre and the MinistryDuring her hearing before the Senate’s Cultural Affairs Committee, Laurence des Cars explained that the security work "requires considerable time for analysis and diagnostics". These works are indeed…
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The “New Renaissance of the Louvre” project is the problem, not the solutionBeing a Cassandra is never a pleasant position. Yet, for the Louvre, that is what we have been. We are, of course, referring to the "New Renaissance of the Louvre" project conceived by Laurence des…
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Theft prevention security, completely absent from the Louvre’s activity reportsAs we previously wrote, we found no trace in Laurence des Cars’ past media interviews of any statements suggesting she had made security an "absolute priority," as she claimed during her Senate…
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Laurence des Cars’ hearing: is security an absolute priority?Laurence des Cars was therefore questioned on Wednesday by the Senate Cultural Committee. It was a long session, as is customary in this type of hearing, where many questions were asked, some of…
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