Such is the power of Beyoncé and Jay-Z that the Musée du Louvre in Paris is now offering art tours of their APES**T music video.
Based on my own Instagram feed, it looks like half of Australia’s currently in sunny E u r o p e so if you happen to be one of these lucky punters gallivanting off in the warmth, then here’s something you might be interested in.
The six-minute music video shows the artists with a total of 17 masterpiece paintings and sculptures including the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch, and Portrait of a Black Woman by Marie-Guillemine Benoist.
According to the Louvre’s website, the tour goes for an easy one hour and 30 minutes and is currently available on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and the weekend.
The only catch is the tour’s currently only in French but the museum’s bound to add more languages inevitably.
Here’s the full list of artworks you’ll gaze at according to the tour guide:
- The Victory of Samothrace
- The Virgin with Green Cushion, Solario
- Pietà by Rosso Fiorentino
- The Mona Lisa, Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, Leonardo da Vinci
- The Marriage of Cana, Veronese
- The Raft of the Medusa, Géricault
- The Shadows of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appearing to Dante and Virgile, Scheffer
- Officer of hunters on horseback of the Imperial Guard charging, Géricault
- Rite of Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of Empress Joséphine, David
- Madame Récamier David
- The Oath of the Horatii, David
- The Sabines, David
- Ceiling of the Apollo Gallery
- Venus of Milo
- Hermes attaching his sandal after Lysippus
- Great Sphinx of Tanis
- Portrait of a Black Woman
I mean, if you’re into historic masterpieces, Beyoncé, and incredible symbolism of said masterpieces and their connection to Black history and the Carters’ careers then this is quite the win-win situation for you.
You can find out more about the tour, HERE.
You can (re) watch the music video, below:
Ape**t by The Carters is from their most recent and surprise album, Everything is Love.
The album is available on a range of streaming services including the very free Spotify.
You can listen to the full album, below:
