Paris – The City of Light ... such as the Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch and the Nike of Samothrace. The most famous ...

The Mona Lisa, or La Joconde as it is known in France, was among the works that Valland helped keep safe during the World War II invasion of Paris. Pictured here is unveiling of the painting from ...

The Mona Lisa, now the Louvre’s most famous artwork, was stolen in 1911 by an Italian handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia. He believed the painting should be in Italy. It was missing for over two ...

The Mona Lisa hasn't always been a huge tourist attraction. It turns out the most famous painting in the world owes its legend to a brazen Italian thief who stole it from the Louvre and vanished ...

She’s this tiny little thing, 20 inches by 30 inches, facing this painting the size of a small Paris apartment. It just doesn’t match up. She can’t really talk to it. There’s no partage!

But looking again at how the myth of the Mona Lisa emerged, I believe that her fame is due not just to the painting’s display of artistic ingenuity – but to the troubling vampirism and gender ...

Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images When Tom Hanks found himself with his pants down in front of the iconic Mona Lisa painting while filming The Da Vinci Code, director Ron Howard couldn’t ...

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.

No more roommates for Mona Lisa! Iconic painting to get own gallery at the Louvre — and Americans will help foot the bill By David Landsel Published Jan. 29, 2025, 9:24 p.m. ET ...

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.

With nearly 66% of its visitors last year lining up to see Leonardo da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa," des Cars also said that its presentation needed to be questioned.

As part of the project, the "Mona Lisa" painting will be moved to a new spot. French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday a new restoration and expansion project for the world's most ...