From the Mona Lisa to the jewels of Napoleon, the Louvre has experienced over a century of high-profile heists.
One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso ...
Experts say jewels stolen in heists from the iconic Parisian museum are hard to recover, as they are broken down.
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A heist has taken place at Paris’ Louvre Museum, with thieves decamping with France’s royal jewels. It’s just the latest in a ...
An art critic for The New York Times argued on Wednesday that "it's time to take down" the iconic Mona Lisa portrait from the Louvre Museum in Paris, which sparked quite the reaction on social media.
It took only seven minutes for four thieves to break into the Apollo Gallery at the Louvre over the weekend and steal nine ...
Benjamin Blake Evemy takes you on a journey through the most interesting and unbelievable heists the art world has seen, starting with the disappearance of the most valuable painting in the world.
The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels — ...
Plus, Switzerland names its artist for the 2024 Venice Biennale Pavilion, and Norman Foster has ideas on how to rebuild Kharkiv. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via ...