Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.

Tourists hoping to spot the most famous painting in the world will likely have a much shorter wait: French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Louvre will undergo extensive renovations,

The Paris landmark will be expanded, and special tickets will be sold to visitors who want to see Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the "Mona Lisa" will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will take up to 10

Macron did not disclose the cost, estimated to run into hundreds of millions of euros, to modernize the most visited museum in the world.