Temporary exhibitions at the Musée du Louvre

The Louvre, one of Paris’s most emblematic museums, presents a series of fascinating temporary exhibitions. Featuring treasures from antiquity and contemporary works. Here’s an overview of the exhibitions you won’t want to miss. Discover current and upcoming temporary exhibitions at the Musée du Louvre. Offering a unique link between past and present in Paris.

Olympism: A modern invention, an ancient heritage

To celebrate the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Musée du Louvre presents an exhibition tracing the history of the first Olympic Games and their iconographic sources from the late 19th century. The exhibition provides an insight into the political context of the time and how the organizers sought to reinvent the competitions of ancient Greece.

Visitors can discover the contributions of personalities such as Pierre de Coubertin and Émile Gilliéron, designer and official artist of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. Thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Louvre is also exhibiting the first Olympic Cup. Known as the Bréal Cup, it was designed for the winner of the first Marathon race.

Masterpieces from the Torlonia collection

The Torlonia Collection, the largest private collection of ancient Roman sculpture, is presented for the first time outside Italy at the Louvre. The exhibition allows the public to discover masterpieces of ancient sculpture in the prestigious setting of Anne of Austria’s apartments.

Torlonia marbles in dialogue with French national collections. A reflection on the origins of museums and the taste for antiquity, founding elements of Western culture. This exhibition invites visitors to contemplate the jewels of Roman art and plunges them into the history of European museums.

Simone Fattal: Voice of oriental antiquities

Multidisciplinary artist Simone Fattal returns to the Louvre with an exhibition featuring 18 of her sculptures. Among them are ancient works from the Mesopotamia, Phoenicia and Cyprus departments. Her work dialogues with ancient narratives and forms, offering a contemporary rereading of myths.

A former student at the Ecole du Louvre, Fattal reflects on the power of ancient works and the strength of her own sculptures. Creating a bridge between past and present.

Explore the Louvre’s rich cultural heritage and immerse yourself in exhibitions celebrating Olympic history, art and heritage.