The 90-minute tour, which the museum calls a “thematic trail,” shows visitors the 17 pieces of art seen throughout “Apeshit.” Currently, the tour is available to take Wednesday through Sunday.įor those visiting the Louvre on Mondays and Tuesdays, the Louvre also offers a map highlighting the 17 works seen in Beyonce and Jay-Z’s video - including Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa - so that tourists can still walk in the Carters’ steps. As of 2015, the Louvre’s policy states that to shoot a short film or music video, the cost for both interior and exterior shots would be just 4,500, or about 5,200.
The guide begins at the Winged Victory of Samothrace and takes guests to other popular art from the video, like the Ceiling of the Apollo Gallery and the "Portrait of a black woman," by Marie-Guillemine Benoist.Not even a month after Beyonce and Jay-Z released the video for their joint single “Apeshit,” the Louvre has created a guided tour based on the Everything Is Love visual, which was filmed at Paris’ iconic art museum. Its not easy to upstage the Mona Lisa, but Beyoncé and Jay-Z have managed it. “The Beyoncé video, like the opening of the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, ensured that the Louvre was talked about across the world, and one of the consequences of that is the spectacular rise in visitor numbers last year.”īeyoncé and Jay-Z's impact was so profound that the Louvre even designed a special visitor's guide based on the art shown in the music video. “It’s clear that 2018 was a remarkable year for the international reputation of the Louvre,” the museum’s director, Jean-Luc Martinez, told a French radio, according to The Guardian. The Guardian reported that over 10.2 million people visited the museum in 2018, surpassing the museum's 2012 record of 9.7 million visitors, and beating out the National Museum of China and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as the most popular museum. The "Apesh*t" video was viewed on YouTube over 147 million times since it was released last June. The video itself is gorgeously shot, and does show a continued interest in art on behalf of the artists, JAY-Z and Beyoncé, to engage with art (notable precursors being JAY-Zs 'Picasso Baby. Shutting down the museum was a major feat for the couple, as they repeatedly sang "Can't believe we made it" throughout the song. Then you have Beyoncé and her phalanx of dancers occupying these traditionally white spaces by lying down on the steps in front of the Winged Victory of Samothrace statue, Jay and Bey standing in front of the Mona Lisa, and the singer's dancers dancing in front of the Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Joséphine by Jacques Louis David. Historically, museums like the Louvre, which is filled with historical paintings and artwork from famous, majority white artists, are typically viewed as predominantly white spaces that are not always the most welcoming for people of color. But what happens when Beyoncé and Jay-Z sprinkle a little bit of their star power on the popular museum? In 2018, the Louvre saw a huge spike in visitors thanks largely to Beyoncé and Jay-Z's "Apesh*t" video, released last June.īeyoncé and Jay-Z renting out Paris' popular Louvre museum is probably one of the biggest flexes of 2018. The Louvre has created a guided tour of the art featured in Beyoncé and Jay-Z ‘s new Apeshit video. Some 10.
La Victoire de Samothrace, chef-duvre emblématique du musée, est l’une. It was one of 2018s most memorable music videos, and now the Louvre says Beyoncé and Jay-Zs 'Apeshit' is also partly responsible for the famed Paris museum welcoming a record number of visitors last year. Le couple s’est mis en scène parmi les uvres, elles-mêmes magnifiées. The famed Paris museum now offers a 90-minute self-guided tour to see 17 works of.
Des stars à la rencontre d’autres stars au cur d’un palais. The Louvre, featured in Beyoncé and Jay-Zs latest music video, is inviting visitors to tour the shoot locations. Paris' famed Louvre is already one of the world's most visited attractions. Beyoncé & Jay-Z Take Over Louvre, Drop New Album 38 Examples of Beyonce and Jay Z Being Perfect Together There Is a Petition to Make That Beyoncé-Jay Z Video Into a Movie Beyonce and Jay Z. En 2018, la chanteuse Beyoncé et le rappeur Jay-Z ont choisi le Louvre comme décor du clip de leur duo, « Apeshit ». Beyoncé and Jay-Zs much-viewed Apest music video helped Louvre Museum break record with 10.2 million visitors in 2018Welcome to the official Beautiful Lif.