The Louvre is pop

No art museum in the world has as many visitors as the Louvre in Paris, and international artists love to hang out there. It is true that this is where Mona Lisa lives.

A little curiosity: the visit to the Louvre by Dutch baritone Theo Wieringa, on an improbable album from 1987, in awe of Paris and France. And you heard it on franceinfo, the largest Parisian museum confirms that it is the giant of world museums, a position that is not threatened by the increase in its entrance tickets. With more than nine million visitors in 2023, the Louvre is approaching the Olympic year with confidence.

But it is not only the favorite museum of European opera singers. We also see other artists there, like Beyoncé and Jay Z.

In the second episode of These songs that make the news broadcast this weekend, you hear excerpts from:

Theo Wieringa, Oh this Louvre, 1987

The Carters (Beyoncé and Jay-Z), Apeshit, 2018

Kanye West, See Me Now, 2010

Rosalia, Milionaria, 2019

Lorde, The Louvre, 2017

Barbara, The Mona Lisa, 1959

Serge Llado, Madam Mona Lisa, 2003

Stiff Heads, Hurry up, 2000

Sacha Guitry, The Mona Lisa, 1954

Serge Gainsbourg, Three million Mona Lisas, 1977

Yves Montand,Anonymous letter to the curator of the Louvre Museum,1984

Jean-Marie Vivier, Night at the Louvre, 1991

Nat King Cole, Mona Lisa, 1950

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