The pressure had become too much for everyone. Laurence des Cars resigned from the Louvre four months after the theft of the century. Surprising, at least in terms of timing. He’s a little late. Her first mandate at the helm of the world’s largest museum would have expired in the fall anyway. But if the behind-the-scenes reports in the press are to be believed, she herself was convinced that Emmanuel Macron could possibly extend it for another term in office. In spite of everything. But now France’s president immediately accepted his resignation. He called it an “act of responsibility.” A successor has already been determined: the art historian Christophe Leribault is to take over. Several French media reported this on Wednesday.