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The theft that made the 'Mona Lisa' the world's most famous paintingThe Mona Lisa was not famous until it was stolen from the Louvre in 1911. The theft and extensive media coverage turned the painting into a...- The $100 million Louvre theft could make France's stolen Crown Jewels as famous as the Mona LisaA daring robbery at the Louvre has unexpectedly propelled France's Crown Jewels to global fame, mirroring the Mona Lisa's rise after its 19...
- Paris' Louvre Museum reopens but Apollo Gallery at world’s most visited museum remains sealedThieves made away with a total of eight objects, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century...
- Thieves strike Louvre in daring jewel heist as the world’s most visited museum shutsParis's iconic Louvre Museum experienced a daring break-in this morning. Thieves reportedly used a goods lift to access a targeted room. Th...
- Mona Lisa will smile from a gallery of her own, but seeing her will cost extraThe Louvre is set to renovate with a new gallery for the Mona Lisa. Visitors will need to pay an extra fee to view the painting. The renova...
- The world’s most famous museum, home to the Mona Lisa, is now shut. Take a look at its iconic masterpiecesLouvre Museum in Paris closed unexpectedly because of a staff strike. Thousands of tourists were left outside. Workers protested overwhelmi...
- World’s most visited museum shuts down as staff strike protests on mass tourismThe Louvre Museum, grappling with overcrowding and staff concerns over working conditions, abruptly closed due to an emergency strike. Empl...
- World’s most famous museum closes as over tourism overwhelms staff — Louvre shutdown sparks global alarmLouvre Museum in Paris unexpectedly shut down due to a staff strike, leaving tourists stranded. Workers cite unbearable conditions from ove...
- World's most visited museum shuts down, sounding the alarm on overtourismThe Louvre Museum, a major cultural landmark, faced an unexpected closure due to a staff strike protesting unbearable working conditions ca...
- Paris climate activists hurl soup at "Mona Lisa" in protest for sustainable foodClimate activists from Riposte Alimentaire targeted the "Mona Lisa" in Paris, throwing soup to highlight the need for sustainable food. The...
- Mona Lisa was stolen! Who carried out 'art heist of century' and how?Mona Lisa was stolen on this day in 1911. The plot, conspiracy, and the mastermind made it look like a perfect crime.
- Tracing the man who stole the Mona Lisa and took it to ItalyThe day of the theft, Aug. 21, 1911, was a Monday and The Louvre was closed for maintenance.
- Environmentalists continue to vandalise priceless paintings by throwing food. Find out whyEnvironmentalists have long targeted numerous paintings. A few climate activists vandalised Sandro Botticelli's Primavera in July at Floren...
- View: The art mart can make a chimp a champArtistic licence can go bananas, literally, as it did in a 2019 Miami show where an exhibit titled, 'Comedian,' consisting of a ripe kela s...
- Time to remove cultural distancingIn 2020, Louvre visitors were down to, er, 2.7 million. Our museums can take a hint.
- Back to grindstone as Louvre prepares to open, visitors get to spend only 54 seconds with 'Mona Lisa'Museum-goers will need to reserve a time slot for their visit online.
- The secret life of 'Mona Lisa': Thyroid issues, tricky smirk & alien presenceAutor Dan Brown wasn’t the only one looking for hidden ‘codes’ in Da Vinci’s works.
- Where Nawaz Modi Singhania stops for art across the globeWhen it comes to celebrated works, artist Nawaz Modi Singhania likes to soak in everything she surveys, but prefers to maintain her identit...
- Sotheby's Paris to auction collection of Comtesse Viviane de WittSotheby's Paris is coming up a sale of a selection of works from the Collection of Comtesse Viviane de Witt.
- Cecilia Gallerani's portrait to appear in Leonardo's exhibition in London500 years after the Duke of Milan's mistress was immortalised by Leonardo da Vinci as the Lady with Ermine, she is causing major embarrassm...
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