Leonardo da Vinci started the iconic 'Mona Lisa' painting in Italy but finished it in France, where he sold it to the French King, François I.

It was the Monday morning of August 21, 1911, the weekly closure day of the Louvre during the summer holidays, when an Italian mason named Vincenzo Peruggia carried out the most astounding art heist in modern times when he stole the Mona Lisa during the day, around 7 am.

The Mona Lisa is the most widely recognised and most famous painting ever. Although the King of France, Francis I, and Napoleon Bonaparte both fell in love with Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, she ended up in the Louvre,

Art possesses the special ability to captivate human emotion, imagination, and cultural history in a manner that is impossible to convey through words. Throughout the centuries, some art pieces have become renowned worldwide,

A heist has taken place at Paris’ Louvre Museum, with thieves decamping with France’s royal jewels. It’s just the latest in a long line of cunning art heists

A week after thieves stormed the Louvre and ripped eight priceless pieces from France’s Crown Jewels, the country is nursing a deep cultural wound.

While some filming took place in New York and California, the movie also shot scenes at two colleges in New England.

Following a daring €88 million jewel heist at the Louvre, a viral meme imagines the museum's artworks coming to life to defend themselves. This playful response to lax security highlights our fascination with inanimate objects becoming heroic,