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Exploring the mysteries of the Louvre

For the Louvre, history ended in 1848—later masterpieces are in France’s other national museums—but its transformation continues.

France's President Emmanuel Macron announced that the historic Louvre Museum will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul. (AFP)

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Updated on Apr 25, 2025 10:10 AM IST

The Economist

Maha Kumbh sensation Monalisa on film debut: Main sochti thi kab heroine banung

Maha Kumbh viral girl Monalisa says, “Sach bole to mere dimag mein tha ki main kab heroine banungi? Mujhe hamesha se bahut shauk raha hai acting ka, dance ka”

Maha Kumbh viral girl Monalisa has signed Sanoj Mishra's film The Diary of Manipur opposite Rajkummar Rao’s brother Amit Rao(Photo X)

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Updated on Feb 01, 2025 06:51 PM IST

ByDeep Saxena

Maha Kumbh fame Monalisa's Bollywood debut opposite Rajkummar Rao's brother

The viral Maha Kumbh girl Monalisa will be seen as the leading lady opposite actor Rajkummar Rao’s brother Amit Rao in Sanoj Mishra’s film The Diary of Manipur.

Maha Kumbh viral girl Monalisa's Bollywood debut will be opposite actor Rajkummar Rao's brother Amit Rao in Sanoj Mishra's film The Diary of Manipur

htcity

Updated on Jan 31, 2025 12:35 PM IST

ByDeep Saxena

Macron announces renovation of Louvre museum, Mona Lisa to get ‘special space’

The Mona Lisa painting would be given its own "special space" within the Louvre which will be accessible with a separate access pass

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Published on Jan 28, 2025 10:53 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Year-ender 2024: What all in the year made the art world go bananas!

From Banky's animal series to Anish Kapoor topping the Hurun India Art List, here's a recap to 2024's art highlights alongside the famous banana strokes.

Artist Anish Kapoor, an artwork titled Comedian, and animal series by street artist Banksy are some of the topics that got much talked about in the art world in 2024.

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Updated on Dec 31, 2024 09:18 AM IST

ByHenna Rakheja

DU student reimagines Mona Lisa with a traditional Indian twist using AI tools

A Delhi student reimagined the Mona Lisa with AI, dressing her in Indian attire, sparking creative and humorous reactions on X.

A Delhi student used AI to create an Indian version of the Mona Lisa, sparking online creativity.
(X/@rashi__pandey_)

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Updated on Dec 01, 2024 12:26 PM IST

ByMahipal Singh Chouhan

Unique bucket list ideas beyond the Mona Lisa and Everest

Bucket lists should focus on meaningful experiences and personal growth rather than just ticking off popular destinations.

Instead of ticking off popular bucket list items, focus on meaningful travel experiences that enrich and change you.(Unsplash)

lifestyle

Published on Aug 20, 2024 12:51 PM IST

Bloomberg | | Posted by Akanksha Agnihotri

French farmers aim to put Paris 'under siege' in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at 'Mona Lisa'

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Updated on Jan 29, 2024 09:20 AM IST

AP |

Watch: Climate activists throw soup at glass-protected Mona Lisa painting

Climate activists throw soup at glass-protected Mona Lisa painting. Video here

Climate activists throw soup at Mona Lisa painting(X/CLPRESS / Agence de presse)

world news

Published on Jan 28, 2024 04:32 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

The art of the steal: History’s greatest museum thefts

The British Museum, the Louvre – art heists have intrigued us through centuries. See how they elevated the status of the Mona Lisa, changed how museums function

The theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa as illustrated by Achille Beltrame for the Italian weekly La Domenica del Corriere, in 1911. (The real painting is, of course, significantly smaller.) (Getty Images)

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Updated on Nov 11, 2023 07:39 PM IST

ByNatasha Rego

Scientists winkle a secret from the Mona Lisa about how the painting was made

Scientists have gained new insight into how Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his groundbreaking portrait of the woman with the exquisitely enigmatic smile.

The oil-paint recipe that Leonardo used as his base layer to prepare the panel of poplar wood appears to have been different for the “Mona Lisa,

lifestyle

Published on Oct 11, 2023 06:12 PM IST

PTI | | Posted by Parmita Uniyal, Paris

How Mona Lisa keeps a smile ?

Second to the eyebrows, Mona Lisa's smile is perhaps the most noticeable feature in the Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century Renaissance era portrait painting.

The celebrated Mona Lisa painting is kept at Louvre Museum in Paris.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Aug 01, 2022 11:46 AM IST

AP | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar

Cholita Mona Lisa: Bolivian artist gives famed portrait indigenous makeover

Claudia Callizaya's newest piece of art is a take on the Mona Lisa as a local indigenous cholita woman.

Claudia Callizaya, 32, a Bolivian painter known as Claudina, works on cholita-style Mona Lisa painting, at the El Alto Public University, in El Alto, Bolivia May 21, 2022. Picture taken May 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Claudia Morales)

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Published on Jun 02, 2022 04:14 PM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Parmita Uniyal

Mona Lisa copy from 1600 sells for USD 242,634 in Paris auction

The auction house, Artcurial, had estimated the Mona Lisa copy, dating from around 1600 and looking strikingly similar to the original, would fetch 150,000 to 200,000 euros.

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Published on Nov 10, 2021 10:28 AM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Krishna Priya Pallavi, Paris

Mona Lisa copy to go under hammer in Paris auction, will fetch USD 230,000

Months after a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa fetched about 2.9 million Euros at an auction in Paris, another faithful copy will go under the hammer at a Paris auction on Tuesday.

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Updated on Nov 06, 2021 07:25 AM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Krishna Priya Pallavi, Paris

'Fake' Mona Lisa sells for USD 3.4 million

The reproduction is believed to have been painted in the early 1600s, about 100 years after the Mona Lisa, which hangs in the Paris Louvre.

world news

Published on Jun 19, 2021 03:29 PM IST

ANI | , Paris

The Hekking Mona Lisa to go on sale at Christie’s auction house in Paris

Of the many versions of Leonardo da Vinci's painting, few copies have a more fascinating history than the Hekking Mona Lisa. It offers a brilliant insight into changing attitudes over the centuries towards the perceived value of originality versus imitation.

lifestyle

Updated on Jun 07, 2021 06:10 PM IST

PTI |

Louvre Museum puts time with ‘Mona Lisa’ for auction amid Covid-19 hit finances

The highest bidder to get a chance to witness the iconic ‘Mona Lisa’ painting at close quarters when it is brought down for annual examination at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

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Updated on Dec 08, 2020 11:09 AM IST

Reuters | ByReuters | Posted by Shivani Kale

Artist creates isolation art with lentils, socks and cabbage

Created last week, “Izoizolyacia” - or Art Isolation - now has more than 300,000 members and a flurry of posts that include Edvard Munch’s “Scream” made of slippers and clothes, and Kazimir Malevich’s “Black Square” composed of socks hanging from a towel rack.

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Updated on Apr 12, 2020 09:33 PM IST

Moscow | ByReuters

Leonardo da Vinci show smashes Louvre’s all-time record

The Leonardo show, which was centred on the Louvre’s own unrivalled collection of the Renaissance master’s work, saw record numbers of visitors from the start, with prior booking required. Read on.

The Mona Lisa, the most famous of the Tuscan’s paintings, was conspicuously absent from the show.(Leonardo da Vinci/Instagram)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 26, 2020 04:18 PM IST

Paris | ByAgence France-Presse

An auction with a twist: Mona Lisa made of Rubik’s Cubes goes on sale

An image of the Mona Lisa made of 330 Rubik’s Cubes is going on sale in Paris, just down the road from Leonardo da Vinci’s original.

Mona Lisa made of Rubik’s Cubes goes on sale.(Instagram)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 04, 2020 04:25 PM IST

Reuters | ByReuters

Techilicious by Rajiv Makhni: Instagram disasters

If you can’t #BeDifferent on one of the Internet’s most powerful platforms, just #GetOffTheGram

With everyone posting similar pictures, it seems we all live the same lives on Insta!

lifestyle

Published on Jul 20, 2019 07:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRajiv Makhni

Mona Lisa’s smile not genuine, says study

The asymmetric smile, also known as a non-Duchenne smile, “reflects a non-genuine emotion and is thought to occur when the subject lies”, the researchers said.

For the study, published in the journal Cortex, researchers asked 42 people to judge which of the six basic emotions were expressed by two chimeric images - a mirror image of just one side -- of the left and right sides of Mona Lisa’s smile.(AP)

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Updated on Jun 06, 2019 03:02 PM IST

Indo Asian News Service | ByIndo Asian News Service, New York

Scientists ‘paint’ microscopic Mona Lisa on quantum canvas

The images were projected and photographed on a blob of gaseous quantum matter known as Bose-Einstein condensate.

The resulting image is barely visible to the human eye, with each pixel representing only about 50 atoms.(AP File photo)

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Published on May 22, 2019 03:48 PM IST

Melbourne, Australia | ByPress Trust of India

Drinks with Mona Lisa: A special night at the museum

Daniela Molinari dreamed of offering a drink to the famous Mona Lisa and asking her all about the great Leonardo Da Vinci. On Tuesday night she enjoyed a very special night at the museum, at the famous Louvre in Paris.

Daniela Molinari dreamed of offering a drink to the famous Mona Lisa. On Tuesday night she enjoyed a very special night at Louvre in Paris.(Pictures of Paintings /Instagram)

lifestyle

Updated on May 03, 2019 03:32 PM IST

Agence France-Presse | ByAgence France-Presse, Paris

A night at the museum: Airbnb and Musée du Louvre are making the art lover’s dream come true

The Louvre’s iconic glass Pyramid will be specially designed to celebrate the building’s 30th anniversary.

lifestyle

Updated on Apr 05, 2019 07:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Delhi | BySaumya Sharma

The Stan Lee legacy: A tribute to the Marvel man

He gave us heroes that were flawed, and human. Lee, who died this week, was flawed himself. A look back at his life and work.

Stan Lee’s superheroes became wildly successful as film franchises over the last two decades. Successive generations have identified with the frailties and flaws of Spider-Man, The Hulk, and even Iron Man; and fallen for the charms of Thor. As for Black Panther, it was a new one to many, but still became one of the highest-grossing films of 2018.(Marvel)

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Updated on Nov 21, 2018 06:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRachel Lopez

Louvre hosts first retrospective of French master Delacroix in half a century. See pics

Some 200 works, including watercolours, lithographs and religious art, as well as intimate journals show the profound influence Delacroix had on world painting.

A woman looks at the painting Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement at the exhibition

lifestyle

Updated on Mar 28, 2018 11:15 AM IST

Associated Press, Paris | ByHT Correspondent

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For the Louvre, history ended in 1848—later masterpieces are in France’s other national museums—but its transformation continues.

Maha Kumbh viral girl Monalisa says, “Sach bole to mere dimag mein tha ki main kab heroine banungi? Mujhe hamesha se bahut shauk raha hai acting ka, dance ka”

The viral Maha Kumbh girl Monalisa will be seen as the leading lady opposite actor Rajkummar Rao’s brother Amit Rao in Sanoj Mishra’s film The Diary of Manipur.

The Mona Lisa painting would be given its own "special space" within the Louvre which will be accessible with a separate access pass

From Banky's animal series to Anish Kapoor topping the Hurun India Art List, here's a recap to 2024's art highlights alongside the famous banana strokes.

A Delhi student reimagined the Mona Lisa with AI, dressing her in Indian attire, sparking creative and humorous reactions on X.

Bucket lists should focus on meaningful experiences and personal growth rather than just ticking off popular destinations.

French farmers aim to put Paris 'under siege' in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at 'Mona Lisa'

Climate activists throw soup at glass-protected Mona Lisa painting. Video here

The British Museum, the Louvre – art heists have intrigued us through centuries. See how they elevated the status of the Mona Lisa, changed how museums function

Scientists have gained new insight into how Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his groundbreaking portrait of the woman with the exquisitely enigmatic smile.

Second to the eyebrows, Mona Lisa's smile is perhaps the most noticeable feature in the Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century Renaissance era portrait painting.

Claudia Callizaya's newest piece of art is a take on the Mona Lisa as a local indigenous cholita woman.

The auction house, Artcurial, had estimated the Mona Lisa copy, dating from around 1600 and looking strikingly similar to the original, would fetch 150,000 to 200,000 euros.

Months after a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa fetched about 2.9 million Euros at an auction in Paris, another faithful copy will go under the hammer at a Paris auction on Tuesday.

The reproduction is believed to have been painted in the early 1600s, about 100 years after the Mona Lisa, which hangs in the Paris Louvre.

Of the many versions of Leonardo da Vinci's painting, few copies have a more fascinating history than the Hekking Mona Lisa. It offers a brilliant insight into changing attitudes over the centuries towards the perceived value of originality versus imitation.

The highest bidder to get a chance to witness the iconic ‘Mona Lisa’ painting at close quarters when it is brought down for annual examination at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Created last week, “Izoizolyacia” - or Art Isolation - now has more than 300,000 members and a flurry of posts that include Edvard Munch’s “Scream” made of slippers and clothes, and Kazimir Malevich’s “Black Square” composed of socks hanging from a towel rack.

The Leonardo show, which was centred on the Louvre’s own unrivalled collection of the Renaissance master’s work, saw record numbers of visitors from the start, with prior booking required. Read on.

An image of the Mona Lisa made of 330 Rubik’s Cubes is going on sale in Paris, just down the road from Leonardo da Vinci’s original.

If you can’t #BeDifferent on one of the Internet’s most powerful platforms, just #GetOffTheGram

The asymmetric smile, also known as a non-Duchenne smile, “reflects a non-genuine emotion and is thought to occur when the subject lies”, the researchers said.

The images were projected and photographed on a blob of gaseous quantum matter known as Bose-Einstein condensate.

Daniela Molinari dreamed of offering a drink to the famous Mona Lisa and asking her all about the great Leonardo Da Vinci. On Tuesday night she enjoyed a very special night at the museum, at the famous Louvre in Paris.

The Louvre’s iconic glass Pyramid will be specially designed to celebrate the building’s 30th anniversary.

He gave us heroes that were flawed, and human. Lee, who died this week, was flawed himself. A look back at his life and work.

Some 200 works, including watercolours, lithographs and religious art, as well as intimate journals show the profound influence Delacroix had on world painting.

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