courtesy of YouTube/BeyoncéArt & Photography / NewsArt & Photography / NewsThe Louvre broke attendance records with Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s helpAfter their Apeshit video blew upShareLink copied ✔️January 5, 2019January 5, 2019TextThom Waite The Louvre announced on Thursday (January 3) that in 2018 it saw 10.2 million visitors: not only a record number for the French museum, but for any museum worldwide, ever. The figure is up 25% from 2017 and easily smashes the Louvre’s previous record of 9.7 million, in 2012. In a press release, the Louvre partly credits the boost in visitors to “the recovery of tourism in France” and its flagship exhibition, Delacroix (1798–1863). However, it also mentions The Carters’ “Apeshit” video, in which Beyoncé and Jay-Z pose in front of some of the gallery’s notable artworks, including Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (ofc). In fact, the music video – from the musicians’ first album as a duo, Everything Is Love – was so notable that the Louvre decided to offer a tour based on it. It’s safe to say that there’s a pretty good chance that it helped the gallery’s attendance figures. Read the Dazed summary of the video’s artworks and looks. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThese playfully erotic zines capture Williamsburg’s 00s art scene‘This show is like a world’: Collier Schorr on her major new exhibitionThe rise of EsDeeKid in 5 tracksLa dolce vita: These photos explore Cortina beyond the Olympic hypeDazed Club handpicked this curator for a new show in London FILAFrom track to concrete: Fila reimagines sportswear in the city for AW26Catherine Opie on ‘perverts’, Heated Rivalry and photographing neo-NazisCandid photos capture life inside a women’s prison in MexicoLife lessons from the legendary photographer Larry SultanThese intimate photos show the multiplicity of ‘Dykes’The most loved photo stories from February 2026The best art and photography shows to see in March 2026Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy