https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Italian court has blocked the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's famed Vitruvian Man sketch to the Louvre in Paris, ahead of an exibition marking the 500th anniversary of the artist's death. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191010/italian-court-rules-against-lending-da-vinci-work-to-france Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:18:44 +0200 italian-court-rules-against-lending-da-vinci-work-to-france President Emmanuel Macron and Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella on Thursday kicked off commemorations to mark 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died in France, paying their respects to the Renaissance genius in a private visit to his grave. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190502/in-pictures-france-and-italy-mark-500-years-since-d-vincis-death Thu, 02 May 2019 15:41:57 +0200 in-pictures-france-and-italy-mark-500-years-since-d-vincis-death Later this year, the Louvre in Paris will host an exhibition of masterpieces by the Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci to mark his death 500 years ago in France. But the work that in recent months has been the intense focus of scrutiny by the media and da Vinci specialists, may not be on show. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190428/mystery-of-salvator-mundi-the-worlds-most-costly-painting Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:21:58 +0200 mystery-of-salvator-mundi-the-worlds-most-costly-painting Italy wants to renegotiate a deal to loan all of its Leonardo da Vinci paintings to France's Louvre to mark 500 years since his death, Italian media reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181117/italy-nationalists-mull-refusing-da-vincis-to-louvre Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:32:20 +0100 italy-nationalists-mull-refusing-da-vincis-to-louvre The subject of centuries of scrutiny and debate, Mona Lisa's famous smile is routinely described as ambiguous. But is it really that hard to read? https://www.thelocal.fr/20170311/mona-lisas-smile-decoded-science-says-shes-happy Sat, 11 Mar 2017 11:46:20 +0100 mona-lisas-smile-decoded-science-says-shes-happy France has deemed a newfound Leonardo da Vinci sketch to be a national treasure and now has 30 months to raise €15 million ($15.8 million) to purchase it, an auction house said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170110/france-needs-15-million-to-buy-rare-da-vinci-sketch Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:05:36 +0100 france-needs-15-million-to-buy-rare-da-vinci-sketch A lost drawing by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered in the papers of a French provincial doctor, a Paris auction house said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161214/lost-da-vinci-sketch-found-in-france Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:35:27 +0100 lost-da-vinci-sketch-found-in-france