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.

At a press conference, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, ...

OP-ED. The French president's announcements concerning the financial requirements for the major renovation work due at the ...

In an interview with Le Monde ... the Louvre, there was no other option than the Salle des Etats, the largest available, at nearly 700 square meters. Under the Cour Carrée, the Mona Lisa will ...

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

Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP) The Louvre Museum director Laurence des Cars delivers her speech, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the Mona Lisa ...

The Louvre’s Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous portrait ... and further improvements to infrastructure. In a note leaked to Le Parisien newspaper, des Cars expressed distress over the lack of ...

Nearly 1.1 million people flocked to see a blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre in Paris before it closed ... group of visitors”. The “Mona Lisa”, the most famous of ...

Standing in front of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa ... Louvre. The French president’s announcements came just a few days after the timely leak of a “confidential note” that insisted on the “dire ...

The "Mona Lisa" is to get its own new room at the Louvre art museum in Paris, allowing it to be shown off to even better advantage for visitors. The legendary Leonardo da Vinci painting is to be given ...