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Mona Lisa's roommates at the Louvre may be glad she's moving out Now ... But he added it remains to be seen whether all of these other masterpieces will remain in the Salle des Etats indefinitely ...
The memo also called for the museum to "reassess" the display of the Mona Lisa and suggested it recieve a dedicated room of ...
The world's most visited museum, the Louvre, closes its doors as staff strike due to overtourism concerns, highlighting the ...
Staff are exasperated by overcrowding in a crumbling museum. Luckily for visitors, other Leonardo masterpieces are available ...
Mona Lisa is finally moving out of shared digs and into her own space at the Louvre, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday — and visiting Americans will be expected to help fund ...
Last spring, the world’s most-visited art museum, the Louvre in Paris, proposed moving its most popular artwork—Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa—to its own subterranean room. Now, that idea ...
“Every day, this very room is the scene of intense agitation,” Louvre Director Laurence des Cars said Tuesday in the Salle des États, where the Mona Lisa now hangs.
Macron visited the museum days after Le Parisien newspapers reported on a confidential memo that the Louvre's director, Laurence des Cars, sent to Culture Minister Rachida Dati.
Tourists use their smartphones to photograph Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, in the Salle des Etats at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Feb. 1, 2025. STEPHANE OUZOUNOFF/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty ...
Louvre visitors in front of The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese in June 2024. The painting is among several masterworks that may soon cease to play "second fiddle'" to the Mona Lisa.