One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso ...
Long before Pablo Picasso became a global icon of modern art, he found himself entangled in one of history’s most baffling ...
The French museum Louvre is the latest victim in the growing trend of high-value museum heists across the world. In the ...
A major robbery occurred at the Louvre Museum in Paris, leading to its closure for the day. Thieves used a basket lift to ...
From the $500 million Gardner Museum robbery to the theft of the Mona Lisa, history’s biggest museum heists, including this week’s Louvre break-in involving Napoleon-era jewels, show how priceless art ...
Following a daring €88 million jewel heist at the Louvre, a viral meme imagines the museum's artworks coming to life to ...
Art historians have tussled for ages over many aspects of what is arguably the world’s most famous painting: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa (ca. 1503–08). Who was the sitter? What does her smile mean? Is ...
Manet’s ‘Olympia’ is coming to the Met as part of its ‘Manet/Degas’ exhibition “Olympia” — the Mona Lisa of modern art — has come to America for the first time. Édouard Manet began painting ...
The world's most-visited museum reopened three days after thieves made off with $100 million in jewels in a brazen crime that ...
The Louvre has reopened to the public, three days after thieves forced open a window and stole French crown jewels in a daring, daylight raid on the museum ...