Even if France does not seem ready to part with its most emblematic painting, Lombardy's proposal has the merit of putting ...

An Italian official in Milan has called for France’s Louvre Museum to temporarily return Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Italy as the museum faces concerns of disrepair and appeals for renovation.

Leonardo da Vinci, the creator of the famous Mona Lisa, was an Italian painter and sculptor. This raises the question of why the work is not displayed in his homeland but rather in the Louvre in Paris ...

Yet despite the Louvre’s decrepit state, its 8.9 million visitors in 2023 still made it the most-visited museum in the world, even with that number being down from 2019’s 10 million. Some renovations ...

A leaked memo from a Louvre director has sparked calls from an Italian official to return the Mona Lisa to Italy. As President Macron announces a major renovation of the 230-year-old museum, including ...