From One Louvre to Another

Opening a Museum for Everyone

This book was published to accompany the first temporary exhibition “From One Louvre to Another: Opening a Museum for Everyone” held at Louvre Abu Dhabi, inaugurated in December 2017. Highlighting major artworks from the exhibition, this album traces the birth of the Musée du Louvre in Paris in the 18th century from its origins as a royal collection, shedding light on the way the French public collection was formed and the evolution of artistic practices.

Hardcover
96 pages
Format: 29.3 x 24.8 cm
68 illustrations
Texts in Arabic, English and French
Co-publisher: Akkadia Press, 2017
ISBN 978-0-9956890-6-0, Trilingual