"It's nine centuries of history, at the heart of Paris and at the heart of the history of France," said ... as a new home for the Louvre's most famous piece, the Mona Lisa. If you ask the people ...

He also announced that the Mona Lisa — one of the most famous of the estimated 35,000 works of art in the Louvre's collection — would be relocated to its own new, independently accessible and ...

When Bernard Berenson learned that Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre Gallery in Paris, the art ...

The project will deliver a “redesigned, restored, expanded Louvre,” French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday, with the Mona Lisa peering ... the new entrance, France will stage ...

What is it? The Louvre is one of the most famous art museums in the world. Built as a military fortress in the late 12th century, it was transformed into a residence for the French royal family ...

In order to fund the museum's colossal €800 million renovation plan, director Laurence des Cars has no shortage of ideas: ...

The Mona Lisa, the world’s most ... Last year, the Louvre had 8.7 million visitors, with 75 per cent of those coming from outside of France, predominantly from the US, China, Italy, the UK ...

but nothing quite compares to when he found himself pantless in front of the Mona Lisa. While filming the 2006 mystery The Da Vinci Code at the Louvre, the Hollywood legend was in such a race ...

When Bernard Berenson learned that Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa had been stolen ... his monumental book Histoire de France (1855), describing himself in the Louvre moving like hypnotised ...