PARIS -- Many paintings are moved around at the Louvre in Paris, but rarely is it one of the world's most iconic works. For the first time in 14 years, Leonardo da Vinci's "The Mona Lisa" will be ...

Protesters splattered the glass protecting the Mona Lisa with soup. AP “Two activists from the environmental movement ‘Riposte Alimentaire’ sprayed pumpkin soup on the armoured glass ...

Protesters hurled soup at the “ Mona Lisa ” painting in Paris on Sunday, but it was protected from damage by its glass casing. The environmental group Riposte Alimentaire — which roughly ...

Visitors take pictures and video of the painting "Mona Lisa" after cake was smeared on the protective glass at the Louvre Museum in Paris, on May 29, 2022, in this screen grab obtained from a ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark ...

According to a statement released by the Louvre, “Two activists from the environmental movement ‘Riposte Alimentaire’ sprayed pumpkin soup on the armoured glass protecting the Mona Lisa ...

This image grab taken from AFPTV footage shows two environmental activists hurling soup at Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting, at the Louvre Museum in Paris, on Jan. 28, 2024.

A cake-throwing activist tried to damage the famous Mona Lisa in Paris but was thwarted by the painting’s glass case. Twitter/@klevisl007/via REUTERS He then “proceeds to smear cake on the ...

All in all, it was about as packed as I expected, with shoulder-to-shoulder foot traffic clogging up most of the spaces. From the entrance to the Mona Lisa, here's what it was like.

17th-century copy of famous Leonardo da Vinci’ Mona Lisa is heading for Paris auction block. The fateful copy of da Vinci’s masterpiece is expected to fetch 150,000-200,000 euros.