The heist happened in broad daylight. On August 21, 1911, a thief dressed in a white worker's smock entered the Louvre, closed because it was a Monday. In the Salon Carre, the Louvre's gallery of ...

We take you on a tour of the 10 most significant museums in Europe, highlighting their unique characteristics and a brief ...

A spontaneous strike at the Louvre shut down the world's most-visited museum on Monday after workers refused to take up their ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris, home to the Mona Lisa, unexpectedly shut down due to a staff strike, leaving tourists stranded. Workers cite unbearable conditions from mass tourism, understaffing, and ...

The Mona Lisa, the world's most famous painting, hung on the walls of palaces for 400 years before it became known. In the early 20th century, it was stolen from the Louvre in Paris, and it's fame ...

Paris Museum Housing 'Mona Lisa' Closes As Staff Protest Tourist Overcrowding The Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa, closed abruptly Monday as the museum's staff staged an impromptu strike over large ...

Meanwhile, Das Auge der Mona Lisa (1967) shares her friend Marcel Duchamp’s interest in the iconic painting—here condensed into a single disembodied eye.

Louvre visitors forced to go through ‘Mona Lisa journey’ to see painting Additional charge will be added to tickets for the tour, which will include educational tools to explain the artwork ...

3. Mona Lisa As soon as Leonardo da Vinci was done painting Mona Lisa in the 16th century, he carried it with him all over Europe to show potential patrons what he was capable of doing.