Abu Dhabi has quietly emerged as one of the Middle East’s most compelling cultural destinations. The Louvre Abu Dhabi anchors ...
From a jewel heist to crumbling galleries, it’s been a dire year for the world’s most visited museum. At least France has woken up to its predicament, says political commentator Agnès Poirier ...
As previously reported, Leonardo produced more than 13,000 pages in his notebooks (later gathered into codices), less than a ...
PARIS—Employees at the Louvre Museum voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world’s most visited museum, though the venue partially opened on Wednesday to allow visitors to ...
This video explains how Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa remained relatively unknown for centuries after its completion around 1506. It hung quietly in French collections until August 21, 1911, when it ...
Leonardo da Vinci came from Italy, more specifically Tuscany. His name, translated into English, is “Leonardo from Vinci”, ...
Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Mona Lisa' had been missing for more than 24 hours before anybody at the Louvre even noticed.
Once the residence of French kings, the Louvre was first turned over to public displays in 1793, during the revolution. The last major overhaul transferred a wing once inhabited by the finance ...