French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre ...

The decision to isolate the Mona Lisa in a dedicated room at the Louvre is a response to a need for crowd management, but it ...

For the Louvre, history ended in 1848—later masterpieces are in France’s other national museums—but its transformation ...

Pascal Le Segretain//Getty Images The Louvre, where the efforts to safeguard Paris’s most valuable art included taking 50 important pieces—including the Mona Lisa and the French crown jewels ...

When President Macron gave a press conference at the Louvre in January 2025, you can guess what painting he was standing next to. The Mona Lisa is probably the most celebrated artwork ever made ...

So Jaujard hatched a secret plan that was equal parts genius and gutsy: evacuate the Louvre. Not just a few pieces. Thousands. And that included Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa. On August ...

When the painter died three years later, the Mona Lisa was passed onto Da Vinci's apprentice and then sold to the French King before it eventually wound up at the Louvre. The portrait was put on ...

The Louvre unveiled the partnership in December 2011 ... And if you're wondering, it'll be approximately 16 times lighter than the Mona Lisa.