Laurence des Cars resigned from her post as the president and director of the Louvre Museum today, February 24, after months of scrutiny following the infamous jewel heist last October. “Through both hardship and success, directing the Louvre has been the honor of my professional life,” des Cars stated in her resignation notice to the museum’s staff. “I have devoted all my energy and determination to it. Not a single minute of my time has been wasted in service to the Louvre.” Des Cars, who was appointed in 2021 and became the first woman to steer the Louvre, underscored in the announcement that she had repeatedly warned of the museum’s outdated infrastructure throughout her tenure. She stated that the heist “gave unprecedented resonance to a truth that I have been constantly reminding people of since I took office: although the Louvre is the largest museum in the world, a national marvel that houses countless masterpieces, it is nonetheless fragile.” Read rhea.nayyar’s full report ...