Marie-Guillemine Benoist's Portrait of a Negress is one of the rare works depicting a woman with dark skin, and is just one of the symbolic works celebrated in the 'Apes**t' video clip.

It is rather filled with artworks associated with Napoleonic conquests, as well as numerous colonial acquisitions in its Egyptian gallery. Black dancers take over the space of the prestigious French museum, which, like all Western art museums, has little space dedicated to non-white artists. In the clip, a woman works on her friend's Afro in front of the Mona Lisa, as if they were in their own living room. The video, directed by Ricky Saiz, was shot in May at the Louvre at night when it was closed to visitors. However, the power couple's swagger is not the only aspect that's glorified in the video they also use their fame to empower and celebrate African-American identity. Jay-Z and Beyoncé adding color and movement to the Louvre's Classicism Image: SME, UMG (im Auftrag von Parkwood Entertainment/Roc Nation) Reservoir Media / - Beyoncé The Carters are reportedly worth more than $1 billion, according to CNN. The video is a definite celebration of the couple's own power, with Beyoncé singing 'I can't believe we made it,' while she and Jay-Z pose as icons of pop culture in front of some of the world's most famous classical works of art. The video for the single Apest sees Beyonc, Jay-Z and their dancers vamp on Pierre Paulin’s circular gray banquettes, drop verses in front of I.M. Now the Louvre museum, where the video was shot, features a new tour of the 17 paintings and sculptures seen in the six-minute clip, from the monumental white Greek marble Nike of Samothrace to Marie Benoist's Portrait of a Negress. The piece is by illustrator Tim O'Brien.Beyoncé and Jay-Z's video for the song 'Apes**t,' from the Carters' surprise joint album Everything is Love, has been watched over 57 million times on Youtube since its release in June. When Beyoncé and Jay-Z dropped their music video for Apeshit, shot on location at the Louvre Museum, the world went, well. Beyonc and Jay-Z shocked fans when they released the album Everything is Love over. In the music video for their song Apesht, Beyoncé and Jay-Z (or, The Carters) introduce Black bodies into the Louvre, a museum that rejected Black people from participating in the spectacle of art for centuries. The couple doesn't mention the duchess by name, but at the end of the video, they turn around together to face the framed artwork, which shows Meghan in a crown, layered pearls, and a voluminous off-the-shoulder gown fit for royalty. In another heartstopping moment for pop culture, pop music’s power couple Beyonc and Jay-Z (the Carters) have released a music video for their latest album’s lead single ‘Apeshit’ filmed in complete secrecy last month at Paris’s Louvre Museum. 'You guys have always been so supportive. 'Thank you so much to the BRIT Awards for this incredible honor,' Bey says while holding the trophy in front of the painting. Filmed inside the Louvre Museum in Paris, Beyoncés sexual desirability powerfully dialogues with Western canons of high art that have dehumanized or erased the black female body. Beyoncé and Jay-Z (AKA The Carters) won the honor of Best International Group at the U.K.-based music awards tonight, and although they weren't present at the ceremony, they made up for their absence with an epic video where they delivered brief acceptance speech in front of a regal portrait of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex. Beyoncé and Jay-Z revealed the premiere of the music video Apeshit. Music royalty met real-life royalty at the BRIT Awards today. The clip shows the duo in front of a regal portrait of Meghan Markle, recreating their pose in front of the Mona Lisa in their 'Apesh**t' video in the Louvre.The couple accepted the honor with a video as they were absent from the award ceremony.Beyoncé and Jay-Z, also known as The Carters, won the BRIT Award for Best International Group today.

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