École du Louvre
Photo © Majid Boustany
Library of the École du Louvre
Witness VII (foreground) et Witness VIII (background), 2021 © Antony Gormley
Photo © Majid Boustany
Library of the École du Louvre
Witness VIII (foreground) et Witness VII (background), 2021 © Antony Gormley
Photo © Majid Boustany
Library of the École du Louvre
Photo © Majid Boustany
Library of the École du Louvre
Photo © Majid Boustany
Francis Bacon easel coming from his Paris studio
© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved
Photo © Majid Boustany
Cafeteria of the École du Louvre
Photo © Majid Boustany
Photograph of Francis Bacon in his studio facing the new research center of the École du Louvre.
© Estate Jesse A. Fernández / collection France Mazin Fernández
Photo © Majid Boustany
Research center of the École du Louvre
Photo © Majid Boustany
Hall Jaujard, École du Louvre
François Morellet, π baroco n°2 bleu, 1=45° (angles du même côté), 7 éléments (2001) © Estate François Morellet. César, La Marseillaise (1995) © César/SBJ, ADAGP, Paris.
Photo © Majid Boustany
On 11 March 2022, the École du Louvre unveiled an ambitious architectural project in the presence of Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, France’s minister for culture, and H.R.H. the Princess Caroline of Hanover. This project is the brainchild of Claire Barbillon, director of the École du Louvre, and has been made possible by the exceptional patronage of Majid Boustany, president of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. This patronage represents the greatest support ever received by a teaching institution under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture.
The project, entitled “ÉCOLE DU LOUVRE 2021-2022”, includes the redevelopment and refurbishment of the library and its documentation and IT services, and of the cafeteria, and the creation of a research centre.
For this major project, Majid Boustany has also gifted to the School two sculptures by the British artist Antony Gormley for its library, an easel that once belonged to Francis Bacon standing in the library hallway, as well as a work by François Morellet and a sculpture by César, both displayed in the hall Jaujard, thus bringing art into this place dedicated to study and research.
and H.R.H. the Princess Caroline of Hanover © Luc Castel