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 ...
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the "Mona Lisa" will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre ...
If the other paintings in the room that houses the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris could talk, they might be ...
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.