If journalism is the first draft of history, documentary filmmaking is often an overdue, dog-eared galley proof with no cover art. But one has to admire, amid all the evident haste, how quickly ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris is closed after masked thieves stole priceless jewels in what officials have described as a seven-minute heist in broad daylight. Shortly after the museum opened on Sunday ...

As French authorities pursue the stolen Louvre jewels, a growing debate is emerging regarding their true origins. While the artifacts themselves are French, the precious gems trace exotic routes ...

When it was stolen in 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting had been missing from the Louvre for more than 24 hours before anybody noticed. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa on view at the Louvre Museum in ...

Above: The Louvre’s security measures have come under scrutiny in the past. In 1911 Samuel Ehrhart drew this cartoon, Daily Scene in the Louvre. It was like a burglary in a cartoon. At 9:30 a.m. on ...