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Can you imagine...: Kashyap Kompella on creativity in the age of AI

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(HT Illustration: Rahul Pakarath)
Updated on Jun 20, 2026 02:59 pm IST

Home of 'Mona Lisa' has new boss to steer Louvre out of crisis after jewel heist

Leribault brings a proven track record. He has been running another world-renowned French landmark and tourist attraction, the Versailles Palace.
Published on Feb 25, 2026 11:10 pm IST

Mona Lisa: Entering with Vikrant in The 50 won’t be a disadvantage for me

Mona Lisa: Entering with Vikrant in The 50 won’t be a disadvantage for me
Published on Jan 21, 2026 11:05 pm IST

Listicle: 10 art thefts that weren’t just about the money

When Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911, he was seen as a patriot in Italy. (THE LOUVRE)
Updated on Nov 21, 2025 05:38 pm IST

Ctrl + See: Masterpieces from within the Louvre are getting a makeover

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Rembrandt’s Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654) is re-imagined, by the Chinese painter Yan Pei-Ming, as a portrait of the maid. (Wikimedia; Clerin-Morin, ADAGP, Paris)
Updated on Nov 09, 2025 12:00 pm IST

30+ pics, videos of world's largest museum and former palace of French monarchs

The Louvre in Paris, France, is the world's largest and most visited museum, housing a vast collection of art and artifacts from around the world. (Pic courtesy: louvre.fr and Instagram/ museelouvre)
Published on Nov 01, 2025 11:59 am IST

The lessons from the brazen heist at the Louvre

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A security employee with a dog stands near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, October 20, 2025.
Published on Oct 22, 2025 11:43 am IST

Panic, evacuation after theft at Paris' Louvre museum, jewellery stolen | Video

A theft was reported at the Louvre in Paris.
Updated on Oct 19, 2025 06:32 pm IST

Among the most enigmatic Delhiwale

Sculptured in bronze 4,000 years ago, the Dancing Girl was discovered in 1926 in Mohenjo-daro. (Mayank Austen Soofi)
Published on Sept 30, 2025 03:18 am IST

Indian man recreates Mona Lisa painting using egg, internet loves it

A recreation of the Mona Lisa painting made with egg has impressed the internet.
Updated on Sept 13, 2025 08:37 am IST

Louvre closes its doors as staff protest against crushing tourism

The Louvre, facing overwhelming tourism and staff strikes, halted operations, leaving thousands of visitors confused. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Published on Jun 16, 2025 11:28 pm IST

Exploring the mysteries of the Louvre

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France's President Emmanuel Macron announced that the historic Louvre Museum will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul.
Updated on Apr 25, 2025 10:10 am IST

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

Maha Kumbh viral girl Monalisa has signed Sanoj Mishra's film The Diary of Manipur opposite Rajkummar Rao’s brother Amit Rao
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 10:11 pm IST

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

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
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 12:35 pm IST

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

France's President Emmanuel Macron announced that the historic Louvre Museum will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul.
Published on Jan 28, 2025 10:53 pm IST

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

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.
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 09:18 am IST

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

A Delhi student used AI to create an Indian version of the Mona Lisa, sparking online creativity.
Updated on Dec 01, 2024 12:26 pm IST

Unique bucket list ideas beyond the Mona Lisa and Everest

Instead of ticking off popular bucket list items, focus on meaningful travel experiences that enrich and change you.
Published on Aug 20, 2024 12:51 pm IST

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

Climate activists throw soup at Mona Lisa painting
Published on Jan 28, 2024 05:50 pm IST

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

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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)
Updated on Nov 11, 2023 07:39 pm IST

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

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," with its own distinctive chemical signature, the team of scientists and art historians in France and Britain discovered.
Published on Oct 11, 2023 06:12 pm IST

How Mona Lisa keeps a smile ?  

The celebrated Mona Lisa painting is kept at Louvre Museum in Paris.
Updated on Aug 01, 2022 11:46 am IST

Cholita Mona Lisa: Bolivian artist gives famed portrait indigenous makeover

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. 
Published on Jun 02, 2022 04:14 pm IST

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

'Mona Lisa' copy from 1600 sells for USD 242,634 in Paris auction
Published on Nov 10, 2021 10:28 am IST

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

Mona Lisa copy to go under hammer in Paris auction, will fetch USD 230,000
Updated on Nov 06, 2021 07:25 am IST

'Fake' Mona Lisa sells for USD 3.4 million

A woman looks at the Hekking "Mona Lisa", a reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, painted on canvas by an unknown artist from the 17th century and up for an online sale at Christie’s auction house in Paris, France.
Published on Jun 19, 2021 03:29 pm IST

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

The Hekking Mona Lisa to go on sale at Christie’s auction house in Paris
Updated on Jun 07, 2021 06:10 pm IST

Artist creates isolation art with lentils, socks and cabbage

A view shows the reconstitution of "The Scream" by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch made of lentils, buckwheat, beans and other food items in Moscow, Russia.
Updated on Apr 12, 2020 09:33 pm IST