Louvre

The Louvre Museum has decided to move the Mona Lisa to an underground section to avoid disappointing viewers. The Mona Lisa is arguably the most famous artwork in the world. The 16th-century work by Leonardo da Vinci is also the reason…

The Louvre Museum has geared up for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris – with yoga classes for all. The Louvre is perhaps the most popular museum in the world. It is also the last place you might associate with sports. But for…

The Italian government is in talks with the Louvre Museum to repatriate seven artefacts, suspected to have been looted and smuggled. The report was first published by the French newspaper Le Monde. Laurence des Cars (Director, Louvre…

Louvre Museum invoked a rare legal provision to acquire a 17th-century terracotta sculpture, even after it was sold in an auction. The sculpture in question is a funerary monument created by artist François Anguier. It was commissioned…

The Louvre Museum has announced three-year restitution research, backed by Sotheby's, to investigate its collection acquired between 1933-1945. The original research by Louvre Museum was launched in 2020, headed by historian Emmanuelle…

The much-talked-about Classical Nudes series from Pornhub quickly landed in trouble. Complaints from various galleries have prompted the website to remove its content. The Classical Nudes project by Pornhub is an interactive guide for…

A report by Prado Museum confirmed just how much museums have suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, the Museo Nacional del Prado (commonly known as Prado Museum) reported that it witnessed a drop of 75.5 percent in its…

A missing finger from the ancient bronze statue of Constantine the Great was in the Louvre Museum all along. Now, it is has been reunited with the original. The ancient bronze finger was located in the Louvre Museum for decades, having…

The controversial Salvator Mundi, often attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, was recovered a year after it was stolen in Naples. The work went missing from the Museum of San Dominico Maggiore last year. Now, the Italian police have claimed…

The global COVID-19 pandemic has hit the art world unlike anything else. Since March 2020, art institutions continue to face the impact of the pandemic. Now, a report has revealed another concrete example of this impact. The famed Louvre…