A McDonald's Outlet To Open At The Louvre Museum Causes Outrage

A first ever McDonald's outlet is to open at the Musée du Louvre in France. The Louvre is the largest national museum in France and probably on the of the most recognizable landmarks in Europe. It is not...

Mona Lisa Smiles At Hurling Mug

A Russian tourist hurled a gift shop terracotta mug at the world's most famous painting, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," under the watchful eyes of 40-odd tourists, according to the Louvre Museum. ""The woman...

Louvre Launches English Version of Atlas, Online Catologue

It is an exciting day for English-speaking art lovers around the world, as the Louvre is now accessible with the click of a mouse. The American Friends of the Louvre announced that the Louvre will launch an English version of its online art database, the Atlas,  on...

PARIS: on bus 72 at sunset

Filming from bus 72. Scenery of historical Paris. Palais du Louvre, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_du_LouvreTuileries garden, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardin_des_Tuileries place de la...

Abu Dhabi Is to Gain a Louvre of Its Own

PARIS, Jan. 12 — After months of rumors and a week of protests, the French government has finally confirmed that in exchange for a sum said to be $800 million to $1 billion, it will rent the name, art treasures and expertise of the Louvre to a new museum to be built in...

Today in history - Dec. 12

"Today is Tuesday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2006. There are 19 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 12, 1906, the Senate confirmed Oscar Straus to be President Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of Commerce and Labor; Straus became the first Jewish member...

Scan Hints Mona Lisa Pregnant for Pose

" Maybe they should call it the "Mama Lisa." Researchers studying 3-D images of the "Mona Lisa" say she was probably either pregnant or had just given birth when she sat for Leonardo da Vinci's 16th-century...

Artist secretly hangs works in prominent museums

From the New Zealand Herald: Many a visitor to New York’s Museum of Modern Art has probably thought, "I could do that." A British graffiti artist who goes by the name "Banksy" went one step further, by...

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