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News 6 years ago

Louvre reopens after being blocked by strikers

The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, reopened on Saturday after being shut down by workers striking over government plans to overhaul France's pension system.

News 6 years ago

Louvre's record numbers fall as museum tries to limit visitors

The hordes flocking to the Louvre in Paris fell to 9.6 million in 2019 as the museum tried to limit overcrowding, its director said Friday.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Louvre Abu Dhabi marks two years, without da Vinci

The Louvre Abu Dhabi on Monday celebrated two years since it opened its doors, but the fate of what was to be a prize exhibit remains unknown.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Intrigue over absent masterpiece as da Vinci show opens doors

A major exhibition marking 500 years since the death of Leonardo da Vinci opened in Paris on Thursday but there was intrigue over whether the "Salvator Mundi" painting of Christ would make a late appearance.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Louvre blockbuster: Honoring Leonardo da Vinci 500 years on

A blockbuster retrospective of Leonardo da Vinci opens Thursday at the Louvre museum to mark 500 years since the death of the Renaissance master in the historic town of Amboise, France.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Louvre offers virtual 'tete-a-tete' with the Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is a singular sensation at the Louvre's upcoming retrospective of Leonardo da Vinci, starring in a virtual reality experience because she cannot appear in person.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

At home of Mona Lisa, a retrospective on da Vinci's life and work

France's Louvre museum, home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, is putting the final touches to one of the biggest ever exhibitions of the Italian master's work with the presence of the world's most expensive painting agonizingly unresolved.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Mona Lisa's smile a touch clearer through Louvre's new protective glass

Visitors to the Louvre in Paris should have a clearer view of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" after the museum installed a new, more transparent form of bullet-proof glass to protect the world's most famous painting.

News 6 years ago

Overcrowded Louvre struggles to cope with rising tourist tide

Like a human wave every few minutes, two hundred or so tourists surge towards the "Mona Lisa", mobile phones in hand to make the best of every second of their time in front of the world's most famous painting.