10. The Louvre’s Most Famous Painting: The Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa with her enigmatic smile is the most famous work of art in the world. The name means Lady Lisa and the sitter is thought to be ...

But a pick-and-choose tour of famous masterpieces ignores the ... antiquity through the mid-19th century. The Louvre is the granddaddy of public art museums. In 1793 the medieval fortress-turned ...

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

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

What kind of art can you expect to find within the majestic walls of the Louvre? and when is the best time to embark on this ...

As a visual art critic and arts reporter, here’s what caught my eye when I was in Paris — and what I suggest doing when you go next. What is it? The Louvre is one of the most famous art ...

The famous Parisian museum announced the Mona Lisa is moving into her own gallery. The change will actually help visitors ...

The Mona Lisa will be moved to a new space at the Louvre following warnings about ... Emmanuel Macron said the famous work will have a "special space" as part of what he called "a new renaissance ...

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

To some, Paris is the City of Light. To others, it’s the City of Love. But to art lovers, it’s simply the city of art — and ...

As with all famous art heists, conflicting accounts of how ... sold to the French King before it eventually wound up at the Louvre. The portrait was put on public display alongside other works ...