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Jun 4, 2021 · A Powerful Leader. The child of an upper-crust family of writers, Des Cars studied art history at the elite École du Louvre. She organized a number of important exhibitions of 19th-century art, but gained global prominence as scientific director of the France-Muséums agency.
Apr 21, 2023 · As the director who oversaw the Musée d’Orsay’s groundbreaking 2019 exhibition Black Models: from Géricault to Matisse, Des Cars is also seen as the right person to modernise the Louvre’s ...
May 27, 2021 · Explained: Who is Laurence des Cars, the first woman head of the Louvre in its 228-year history? Des Cars specialises in 19th and early 20th-century art, and is a driving force behind the restitution of art looted by the Nazis during World War II.
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May 27, 2021 · Des Cars, 54, is president of the Musee d'Orsay and the Musee l'Orangerie in Paris, where she helped increase footfall, with both museums receiving their highest number of visitors in 2019. Visitors queue to enter the Louvre in Paris in May, 2021.
May 26, 2021 · Laurence des Cars, 54, the current president of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie, was appointed on Wednesday as the new president-director of the Louvre by French President...
May 26, 2021 · Des Cars, 54, was appointed on Wednesday as the museum’s president-director by the president of France, Emmanuel Macron. “Four years at the Orsay gave me this confidence, this crazy idea that I...
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Laurence des Cars (born Laurence Élisabeth de Pérusse des Cars on 13 June 1966) is a French museum curator and art historian. Since September 2021, she has served as director of the Louvre Museum, having previously headed the Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie.
