When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...

Laura French If you only had time to visit one museum in Paris, it should undoubtedly be the Musée du Louvre ... Venus de Milo). There are also thousands of paintings to peruse as well.

An exhibition at the Louvre-Lens in France examines centuries of interplay between art and fashion, including what the sartorial choices of artists revealed about their place in society.

A Paris-based art lover offers advice on how ... and some years before that as scientific director of the museum in Abu Dhabi that bears the Louvre’s name. But even she remembers nothing about ...

The animals appear in cave paintings in France ... there be light.” In the Islamic world, particular importance is attached to light as one of the 99 names of Allah, “al-Nur”, explains the ...

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author and former New York Times Paris bureau chief Elaine Sciolino about the new book, How to Fall in Love with the Louvre.

Two women threw pumpkin soup at the 'Mona Lisa' on Sunday at about 10 a.m., the Louvre ... but the painting wasn't damaged because it was protected by its glass case, the museum said in a ...

The Louvre is the world's most famous museum but visiting it can feel overwhelming. It's essential to plan ahead and be prepared for your visit to the museum. By adopting these important tips, you can ...

Art has long since influenced fashion and vice versa. However, there’s rarely ... the Musée du Louvre-Lens, a northern outpost of the historic museum, has set out to thoroughly analyze the ...