Paris' Louvre is one of the world's most famous museums — and it's in dire need of renovation. But structural changes are not ...
A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...
As French President Emmanuel Macron announces that the Mona Lisa will move into a new, dedicated room inside the Louvre, we ...
It’s simply a contraction of “ma donna,” or “my lady” in Italian — like saying Madam Lisa in English. Some alternatives: Mona Lisa was Leonardo’s mother or some other Italian noblewoman or a disguised ...
Now that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is moving to another room at The Louvre, other Renaissance masterpieces hanging in ...
French President Emmanuel Macron compared the facelift to the rebuilding of the Notre Dame cathedral, which is still ongoing ...
Tourists hoping to spot the most famous painting in the world will likely have a much shorter wait: French President Emmanuel ...
In a confidential memo leaked last week to French press, Louvre chief Laurence des Cars unveiled that the premises is in dire ...
A leaked memo from a Louvre director has sparked calls from an Italian official to return the Mona Lisa to Italy. As ...
Francesca Caruso, the regional assessor for culture in Italy’s Lombardy region, first suggested the possibility of bringing the painting back to Milan for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.