http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/louvre Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 29 May 2026 12:16:08 -0400 Fri, 29 May 2026 12:16:08 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/210/every-place-in-the-world-on-the-same-level-examining-the-display-of-non-western-art-at-the-musee-du-quai-branly By Taylor L. Poulin - The Musée du Quai Branly opened under the long shadow of the Eiffel Tower in 2006 to spectacular criticism. Initiated primarily at the behest of then-President Jacques Chirac (b. 1932, held office from 1995-2007), the museum possesses an eclectic family tree, a complex history, and a controversial curatorial practice. Built to house the majority of France’s comprehensive collection of non-Western art, the museum stemmed not only from Chirac’s deep interest in non-Western art,[1] but has origins in two previously established museums and gallery spaces devoted as well to non-Western... Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/210/every-place-in-the-world-on-the-same-level-examining-the-display-of-non-western-art-at-the-musee-du-quai-branly http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/177/an-oasis-in-the-desert-issues-and-intricacies-concerning-the-louvre-abu-dhabi-museum-expansion By Taylor L. Poulin - This statement was penned in 1793 by Comte François Antoine de Boissy d’Anglas to the museum commission in charge of filling the newly created Musée Central des Arts in Paris – the future Musée du Louvre. At the time it was terribly confident, but has become a quite accurate description of the museum. The Louvre does indeed contain objects from all over the world and from all stretches of time. Symbolically, it holds great cultural significance for the French, and, as supported by its very long history, owns a seminal position in representing the French national... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:07 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/177/an-oasis-in-the-desert-issues-and-intricacies-concerning-the-louvre-abu-dhabi-museum-expansion