French President Emmanuel Macron accepted Laurence des Cars’ resignation as “an act of responsibility” at a moment when the Louvre needs security upgrades, modernization and other major projects.
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Unlike the government, the quiz never stopped. Can you ace this week’s test?
This week’s quiz is mercifully light on politics, unless you count President James Garfield, a Kennedy family member and a new House rep … OK, so it’s not light on politics. But there are geese?
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Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
“I didn’t want to say immediately it was me,” fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux said. “With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last.”
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What has 11 questions and makes you feel smart? Our news quiz!
From monsters to politics and (maybe) everything in between, it’s the weekly news quiz.
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Still thinking about the Louvre? ‘The Mastermind’ is about a museum heist gone awry
An unemployed cabinet maker robs the local art museum — then finds himself plunged into a world of cops and gangsters and life on the run. The Mastermind is a sad movie that gets stronger as it goes.
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Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum
The Paris prosecutor said on Sunday that a number of suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum last weekend.
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No historic museums were harmed in the making of this quiz. Can you score 11?
From brazen jewel heists to internet meltdowns, this week brought travesties galore.
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A few things to consider before committing a museum heist
Art heists may sound glamorous, but stealing priceless cultural artifacts doesn’t always pay off like you’d expect. We talked with a veteran art thief, a lawyer, and an expert on heist economics.
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This isn’t the Louvre’s first high-profile heist. Here’s a history of earlier thefts
Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.
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Masked thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewels from the Louvre museum
France’s Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, called the heist “a major, highly organized operation” that lasted just seven minutes. Authorities were still drawing up the value of the stolen items.
