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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...- 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...
- The 10 most handsome men in the world list has one Indian actor, according to maths equationDr. Julian De Silva, a facial cosmetic surgeon based in London, applied the Greek Golden Ratio of Beauty to scientifically identify the wor...
- The unusual suspects: A luxe bucket list of lesser-known travel destinationsThe ‘Mona Lisa’, Stonehenge, Palace of Versailles — these fabled tourist spots are dreadfully overcrowded. Try these lesser-known, but just...
- Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony is 'disgrace', Los Angeles 2028 won't have 'Last Supper' parody act, says Donald TrumpOlympics 2024 opening ceremony in Paris has received criticisms from a section of society over a controversial act. Now, former US Presiden...
- 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.
- Virtual gallery in France brings to life over 200 works by Leonardo da VinciThe 12-minute immersive experience envelops the visitor with the paintings and the sketches that preceded them.
- 17th century copy of Mona Lisa fetches $3.4 mn at Paris auctionA European collector has bought this Mona Lisa reproduction.
- Replica of Leonardo de Vinci's Mona Lisa canvas expected to go on sale for $365,000Auction house Christie's is to put the work on sale on Friday.
- The world's priciest painting, 'Salvator Mundi', may be a Leonardo da Vinci after all'The Savior for Sale' film claims the Saudis withheld the painting from The Louvre exhibition.
- Time to remove cultural distancingIn 2020, Louvre visitors were down to, er, 2.7 million. Our museums can take a hint.
- Shakespeare's First Folio fetches $10 mn at auction, sets record for a work of literatureThe collection, printed in 1623, is described as the greatest literary work in the English language.
- How Covid-19 is reshaping our physical spacePublic open spaces, recreational and commercial venues, public buildings, transportation all need to be rethought in not just ‘smart’ ways ...
- Revisiting the times of Leonardo da Vinci, with help from late artist Bharat DalalDalal regarded ‘The Fossilized Passions of Da Vinci’ as his dream project.
- How Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman manages to make headlinesMBS made news last year as he unleashed a corruption purge in the kingdom.
- Another multimillion-dollar da Vinci is hiding in plain sightScholars believe one of the paintings was commissioned by Florimond Robertet, a top administrator in the court of King Louis XII of France,...
- French artist makes Louvre pyramid disappear!JR covered the Louvre's glass pyramid with a vast black-and-white photograph of the facade of the palace behind it.
- Leonardo’s lairThe fragrance of freshly mowed wet grass evoked childhood thrills in us as we were reminded of our toddler days, running madly down rows of...
- Decoding Mona Lisa aka Lisa GherardiniLeonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa originally wore a delicate maternity garment, her hair gathered up in a bun, details that have disappeared un...
- Mona Lisa's secrets to be revealed soonScientists are due to unveil some of the secrets behind Western art’s most enigmatic smile this week, when they present the findings of the...
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