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March 16, 2018

Libérons le Louvre denounces museum’s partnership with Total, by occupying room

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A museum gallery with deep red walls displaying classical paintings in ornate gold frames. Several visitors lie on the floor observing the artwork from below, while others stand in doorways. Dark benches line the polished floor.

On Monday 13th of March 2018, art-activist collective ‘Libérons le Louvre’ staged a theatrical performance inside the Louvre museum in Paris in protest of the museum’s sponsorship deal with oil and gas company Total.

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