Victoria Siddall, now in one of art’s most prestigious jobs, talks balancing family, work and the environmental impact of ...

Rajkummar Rao has been finalised as the lead for the upcoming Sourav Ganguly biopic after nailing the screen test at a mock-up of the Lord’s balcony with the exact right amount of chest hair.

A Louvre expansion that would put La Gioconda in her very own gallery has us envisioning the most mysterious sitter in iconic ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

Elimar’ could turn out to be a real masterpiece, but there’s no getting around the fact that in addition to not being particularly Van Gogh-ish, it’s also not particularly nice ...

A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...

Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa" portrait is getting a new home at Paris' Louvre while the museum undergoes renovations.

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 ...

Discover the Louvre's ambitious renovation plan to enhance visitor experience and address maintenance issues by 2031.

Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.

I remember when, as a child, I fought my way to the front of a queue of sweaty tourists in the Louvre, only to be pulled ...

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.