The Louvre exhibition at the MAP features scenography designed by Cecile Degos, who was also the designer of the Musee d'Orsay exhibition. The exhibition Paths to Modernity: Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay, Paris took place at MAP from June 19 to Oct 26, and received a record-breaking number of more than 1 million visitors in 130 days.

"As far as we are aware, the Louvre rarely holds exhibitions away from home," says Li Minkun, chairman of MAP, and deputy general manager of Shanghai Lujiazui Group. "But after multiple rounds of communication between the two of us, the Louvre learned that although it has not been long since the founding of the Shanghai museum, we have collaborated with many internationally renowned institutions, such as the Tate in the UK, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States, the Prado Museum in Spain, and most recently the Musee d'Orsay in France.