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Paris Museum Housing 'Mona Lisa' Closes As Staff Protest Tourist Overcrowding
The Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa, closed abruptly Monday as the museum's staff staged an impromptu strike over large crowds of tourists and understaffing.
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India To Get World's Largest Museum In 2025: Union Minister
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said here Sunday that India will develop the North and South Blocks of Delhi's Raisina Hill complex into the world's largest museum in 2025 which will be almost double the size of France's Louvre museum.
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Protesters Throw Soup At Mona Lisa Painting In France, Here's Why
An environmental group called 'Riposte Alimentaire' has claimed responsibility for the act. Louvre museum officials have confirmed the painting is unharmed.
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Bomb Alert At Palace of Versailles After Louvre Shuts Over Threat
France's Palace of Versailles was being evacuated on Saturday after a bomb threat, police sources told AFP.
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Visitors Evacuated, Louvre Museum In Paris Shuts For Security Reasons After Threat
The Louvre museum in Paris closed "for security reasons" on Saturday, while France is on high alert following an attack in the northeastern town of Arras.
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''In Complete Awe'': R Madhavan's Fan Moment With PM Modi And French President
The actor took to Instagram to share pictures from the event and penned a long post appreciating both world leaders.
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Special Gestures For PM Modi By France During Banquet Dinner At Louvre Museum
During the banquet dinner, PM Modi also raised a toast to the India-France relations and congratulated the people of France on Bastille Day
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France's Pension Protests Reach The Louvre, Entry To Museum Blocked
The protest comes a day ahead of a 10th round of nationwide strikes and street marches and following violence in cities across France over the pension system changes.
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Sale Of Mona Lisa Replica Set To Raise Up To $365,000
The painting is known as the "Mona Lisa Hekking", named after Raymond Hekking, an art dealer based in the south of France who cast doubt on the authenticity of the original masterpiece owned by the Louvre museum in Paris.
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France's Louvre Museum Gets Its First Woman Boss In History
France on Wednesday appointed Laurence des Cars, known for promoting social issues through art, as the new head of the Louvre -- the first time a woman will be in charge of the world's biggest museum more than two centuries after it first opened.
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Italy Refuses To Stop Iconic Da Vinci Drawing From Being Loaned To Louvre
An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row.
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Kicking Off 3 Day Visit To France, Saudi Crown Prince Dines With Emmanuel Macron
Saudi Arabia's crown prince dined with French President Emmanuel Macron at Paris's Louvre museum on Sunday after arriving on a three-day visit aimed at reshaping his kingdom's austere image as he presses ahead with plans to reform the conservative petrostate.
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When Leonardo Da Vinci Visited A Morgue To Perfect Mona Lisa's Smile
While perfecting Mona Lisa's smile, Leonardo da Vinci spent his nights in the depths of a hospital's morgue, peeling the skin off cadavers and studying the muscles and nerves underneath, Walter Isaacson writes in "Leonardo da Vinci: A Biography".
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Louvre Abu Dhabi To Open On November 11: French Minister
The Louvre Abu Dhabi will finally open to the public on November 11, a decade after the project was launched, France's culture minister said Wednesday.
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Louvre Square Cleared In Security Alert As France Votes
The square outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, where French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron plans a victory party if elected, was evacuated on Sunday following a security alert, a police source said.
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Paris Museum Housing 'Mona Lisa' Closes As Staff Protest Tourist Overcrowding
The Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa, closed abruptly Monday as the museum's staff staged an impromptu strike over large crowds of tourists and understaffing.
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India To Get World's Largest Museum In 2025: Union Minister
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said here Sunday that India will develop the North and South Blocks of Delhi's Raisina Hill complex into the world's largest museum in 2025 which will be almost double the size of France's Louvre museum.
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Protesters Throw Soup At Mona Lisa Painting In France, Here's Why
An environmental group called 'Riposte Alimentaire' has claimed responsibility for the act. Louvre museum officials have confirmed the painting is unharmed.
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Bomb Alert At Palace of Versailles After Louvre Shuts Over Threat
France's Palace of Versailles was being evacuated on Saturday after a bomb threat, police sources told AFP.
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Visitors Evacuated, Louvre Museum In Paris Shuts For Security Reasons After Threat
The Louvre museum in Paris closed "for security reasons" on Saturday, while France is on high alert following an attack in the northeastern town of Arras.
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''In Complete Awe'': R Madhavan's Fan Moment With PM Modi And French President
The actor took to Instagram to share pictures from the event and penned a long post appreciating both world leaders.
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Special Gestures For PM Modi By France During Banquet Dinner At Louvre Museum
During the banquet dinner, PM Modi also raised a toast to the India-France relations and congratulated the people of France on Bastille Day
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France's Pension Protests Reach The Louvre, Entry To Museum Blocked
The protest comes a day ahead of a 10th round of nationwide strikes and street marches and following violence in cities across France over the pension system changes.
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Sale Of Mona Lisa Replica Set To Raise Up To $365,000
The painting is known as the "Mona Lisa Hekking", named after Raymond Hekking, an art dealer based in the south of France who cast doubt on the authenticity of the original masterpiece owned by the Louvre museum in Paris.
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France's Louvre Museum Gets Its First Woman Boss In History
France on Wednesday appointed Laurence des Cars, known for promoting social issues through art, as the new head of the Louvre -- the first time a woman will be in charge of the world's biggest museum more than two centuries after it first opened.
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Italy Refuses To Stop Iconic Da Vinci Drawing From Being Loaned To Louvre
An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row.
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Kicking Off 3 Day Visit To France, Saudi Crown Prince Dines With Emmanuel Macron
Saudi Arabia's crown prince dined with French President Emmanuel Macron at Paris's Louvre museum on Sunday after arriving on a three-day visit aimed at reshaping his kingdom's austere image as he presses ahead with plans to reform the conservative petrostate.
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When Leonardo Da Vinci Visited A Morgue To Perfect Mona Lisa's Smile
While perfecting Mona Lisa's smile, Leonardo da Vinci spent his nights in the depths of a hospital's morgue, peeling the skin off cadavers and studying the muscles and nerves underneath, Walter Isaacson writes in "Leonardo da Vinci: A Biography".
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Louvre Abu Dhabi To Open On November 11: French Minister
The Louvre Abu Dhabi will finally open to the public on November 11, a decade after the project was launched, France's culture minister said Wednesday.
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Louvre Square Cleared In Security Alert As France Votes
The square outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, where French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron plans a victory party if elected, was evacuated on Sunday following a security alert, a police source said.
