The Louvre’s first fashion exhibition — titled “Louvre Couture: Art and Fashion — Statement Pieces” and on display through July 21 — highlights the fact that museums make marvelous mood boards, and ...

Da Vinci's masterpiece is in the Salle des États, the largest room in the Louvre. It is also home to major works by the Venetian masters Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese, which often go ignored.

Laurence des Cars, the director of the Louvre, has suggested moving "Mona ... while ignoring the room's other "masterpieces by Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese". Banish her "to the basement ...