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Why is the Mona Lisa in France and not in Italy?

Leonardo da Vinci, the creator of the famous Mona Lisa, was an Italian painter and sculptor. This raises the question of why ...
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This is How One Louvre Worker Stole the Mona Lisa

Before 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was admired by artists - but hardly known by the public. Then a humble Italian ...

Louvre heist highlights thorny issue for museums: How to secure art without becoming fortresses

The day after the jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris, officials from across Washington’s world-famous museums were already talking, assessing and planning how to bolster their own ...

This silent-film-era instrument is disappearing. Not on Joe’s watch

Joe Rinaudo is doing everything to ensure his passion for photoplayers, the self-playing pianos that scored silent movies, ...