But in the pantheon of American art, Atlanta has its own under-the-radar masterwork: Hale Aspacio Woodruff’s epic six-part mural “The Art of the Negro” which has hung for six decades in the Trevor ...
For a time there was uncertainty as to whether the Mona Lisa in the Louvre was the actual painting by Leonardo da Vinci. In ...
When it first opened in 1977, the Centre Pompidou sent shockwaves through Parisian society. The mammoth cultural center, with its industrial exterior and brightly colored exposed pipes, stood out like ...
Tom Hanks is in a league of his own. The actor had an unusual experience at one of the most famous museums in the world when ...
When Tom Hanks found himself with his pants down in front of the iconic Mona Lisa painting while filming The Da Vinci Code, ...
One of the world's most visited pieces of art is getting a makeover. The exhibit that houses the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in ...
Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch,” another novel about another Dutch painting from the same period, hanging in the same museum, the Maurithuis in The Hague, won ...
The renovation at the Louvre Museum in Paris will see the famed Mona Lisa moved to its own, separate space, where it will be easier to manage the crowds. However, visitors will have to purchase an ...
The planned redevelopment, set for completion by 2031, comes in response to longstanding concerns about the museum’s aging ...
Louis XVI was all set to transform his ancestral palace into a museum before he was deposed. Napoleon I began building the Louvre’s northern half, along the Rue de Rivoli, which his nephew ...
The director of the Louvre, Laurence Des Cars, announced the introduction of additional fees for viewing the Mona Lisa. These changes aim to enhance the museum's condition and create a new space for ...
As part of the works, the Louvre will move the Mona Lisa ... of art for our country and beyond”. He added that the new entrance would “rebalance the way of visiting” the museum and ...