For a time there was uncertainty as to whether the Mona Lisa in the Louvre was the actual painting by Picasso. In 2020 ...

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

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 ...

The world's most visited museum is also overcrowded, antiquated and desperate for renovations that will start next year and ...

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 ...

“The Louvre will be redesigned and restored to become the epicenter of art history for our country ... Louvre’s Salle des États gallery, where the Mona Lisa is currently kept.

What was the first work that made you fall in love with art? Seeing the "Mona Lisa" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1963, when I was a very young child, was mesmerising.