German Artists Arrested at Louvre for Installing Their Art Near the Mona Lisa

Two German artists were arrested at the Louvre in Paris on September 19 after mounting two canvases to a wall of the Salle des États, where Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is displayed. Police reported that the pair used sticky tape to affix the works, each of which measured roughly twelve by nine inches. One […]

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