Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.

Tourists hoping to spot the most famous painting in the world will likely have a much shorter wait: French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Louvre will undergo extensive ...

France's president says a second museum entrance will be built, while non-EU residents will also pay more to visit.

The French president announced last week an extensive overhaul of the legendary museum, including a dedicated gallery for ...

Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.

For years, both tourists and art enthusiasts have raised objections to the painting’s placement. An estimated 80% of Louvre guests visit the museum specifically to see the Mona Lisa, overcrowding the ...

A Louvre expansion that would put La Gioconda in her very own gallery has us envisioning the most mysterious sitter in iconic rooms of art history ... room for the Mona Lisa, French President ...

open image in gallery Visitors photographing the Mona Lisa by Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci on display in a gallery at Louvre on May 19, 2021 (Getty Images) Des Cars, who spoke before Macron ...

If the other paintings in the room that houses the Mona ... Mona Lisa' box," said Souleymane Bachir Diagne, a professor of French and philosophy at Columbia University who was appointed by the museum ...