The Louvre Taketh Away

About 200 artists and teachers gathered outside the Paris Louvre to protest the decision by the world's most-visited museum to strip them of free entry. Backed by 22 unions, they waved flags and handed out leaflets to tourists. Since September, artists, teachers and students no longer have free entry to the Louvre, the world's largest art museum and home to masterpieces including Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. What particularly irked many of the protesters is that employees of the companies that sponsor the Louvre, such as oil company Total SA and bank Credit Lyonnais were given the right to free entry at the same time as theirs was taken away. For the full story - click the title Irish Art