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Dina Belenkaya, born in 1993, has been playing chess since she was three years old. She became a chess grandmaster in 2016. Today, she plays chess internationally, while also balancing work as a social media content creator. To mark her two special chess matches being played at the Musée du Louvre – one against international master Julien Song, the other against 6-year-old prodigy Lucie – Belenkaya visited the collection of the Department of Decorative Arts. Here, she shares her take on four chess pieces and talks about how they fit into the way she sees her craft. 

Following a meticulous course of conservation treatment, Eugène Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople is returning to the Red Rooms, joining a number of other famous works by the artist. By restoring the piece’s colours to their original brilliance, once darkened by yellowed varnish, the conservators’ work has allowed its complex significance to shine through once more.

The Portrait of King Charles I of England, by Anthony van Dyck, returns to the gallery walls after over a year of conservation treatment. Blaise Ducos, Curator of Flemish and Dutch Paintings, discusses this masterpiece.

The conservation treatment of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, funded by the 2018 'Become a Patron!' campaign, began in November 2022 and will be completed before the summer of 2024. This restoration aims to return the monument to its former glory.

In late 2019, three papyri, known as the ‘Reverseaux Papyri’ after their first owner, entered the Louvre. One of them, the ‘Reverseaux I Papyrus’, is an anthology of scribal writings of exceptional interest. 

From 13 July 2022 to 23 January 2023, the Musée National Eugène-Delacroix invites visitors to discover its permanent collections through the lens of Delacroix's colours. From the reds and ochres of the Orient to Prussian blue and cobalt green, via the black and white of engraving, this is an opportunity to explore Delacroix's palette in a thematic selection of works by the painter, exhibited in his home and place of creation.

The ‘Delacroix and Nature’ exhibition, from 16 March to 27 June 2022, invites you into the painter’s last apartment and studio for a discovery of his ties to nature. Within the intimate setting of the museum and its charming garden, escape to a peaceful haven of nature at the heart of Paris.

After The Massacre at Chios in 2019, the restoration campaign for Eugène Delacroix's large format paintings continued in 2021 with Women of Algiers in their Apartment.

With a new themed presentation of its collection, placing special emphasis on recent acquisitions and conservation work, the Musée National Eugène-Delacroix invites visitors to uncover the secrets behind the Romantic painter’s monumental decoration. The exhibition runs from 11 September 2021 to 28 February 2022.