Visiting the Louvre in Paris and experiencing the renowned Mona Lisa can be a highlight of any trip to France. To make the ...

In 1911, a mysterious thief slipped the Mona Lisa out of the Louvre, shocking the world. The disappearance set off a global ...

Elaine Sciolino, formerly the Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, has volunteered herself as a chatty, amiable tour ...

I mean, this is my Louvre. It’s not at all the Louvre of the Mona Lisa or the Salle des États, where she resides. It’s just a beautiful place.” To fall in love with the Louvre—even after ...

The Louvre Museum has confirmed that it will replace its New Nintendo 3DS audio guides with "a new system" later this year.

Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, was a perfectionist who spent many years going over the same ...

Read our pick of the best Paris art exhibitions to see in May, from rock 'n' roll photography by Dennis Morris at MEP to ...

He pledged that the Louvre will then welcome up to 12 million visitors annually—30% more than today. In the meantime, he promised the Mona Lisa a “more peaceful environment”. Behind him ...

When President Macron gave a press conference at the Louvre in January 2025, you can guess what painting he was standing next to. The Mona Lisa is probably the most celebrated artwork ever made ...

Visitors may soon come across the Mona Lisa while rifling through the racks ... the retail giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and the Musée du Louvre have launched Louvre au centre, a touring ...

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century ...

When the painter died three years later, the Mona Lisa was passed onto Da Vinci's apprentice and then sold to the French King before it eventually wound up at the Louvre. The portrait was put on ...