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  From - BBC world News  By -  Hugh Schofield -  BBC News, Paris  Edited by - Amal Udawatta      Reuters President Macron outlined his New Renaissance project in the exhibition room housing the world-famous Mona Lisa painting The Mona Lisa will be moved to a new exhibition space at the Louvre in Paris as part of a plan to renovate the world's most frequented museum. Emmanuel Macron stood in front of the masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci as he made the announcement to an audience of dignitaries, with the change to be introduced by 2031 and visitors charged separately to see the painting. The French president was outlining his New Renaissance project, which will also involve an international competition to design a second entrance to relieve the growing pressure of visitor numbers beneath the famous glass Pyramid. Tariff changes will also be introduced from next January so non-EU residents - including UK tourists - pay more to visit. Getty Images Eve...

  From - BBC News   By - Dominic Lutyens   Edited by  - Amal Udawatta Artfully Walls (Credit: Artfully Walls) "It's about what speaks to you": Displaying paintings, prints, textiles and sculptures can all help create a fresh living space for the new year – here's how, according to the experts. January is a popular time of year to refresh priorities – and perhaps our surroundings too, creating a new mood for a new year. New artworks can transform a living space, and also inspire future interests, intentions, or the desire for fresh goals. Even repositioning our existing paintings, prints and photographs can revitalise a home and feel like a new start. Artfully Walls Art that is carefully chosen and displayed can help pull the look of a room together (Credit: Artfully Walls) Imaginatively chosen and displayed art can both revive cherished memories and prompt feelings of wellbeing – and it can change the whole ambience of a space. Abstract art, for instance, evokes mood...

         From - BBC World News       By  - Deborah Nicholls-Lee       Edited by - Amal Udawatta The Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024/ Royal Collection Trust Raphael's The Three Graces (c1517-18) (Credit: The Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024/ Royal Collection Trust) How a rarely-seen drawing of the Three Graces by Raphael reveals the era's ideas about nudity, modesty, shame – and the artist's genius. It's part of an exhibition, Drawing the Italian Renaissance – at The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace – of drawings from 1450 to 1600, the biggest of its kind ever shown in the UK. A wandering  lobster  and a sturdy  ostrich  feature among the 150 chalk, metalpoint and ink drawings on show at  Drawing The Italian Renaissance , at the King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Created by Renaissance giants such as  Leonardo da Vinci ,  Michelangelo ,  Raphael  and  Titian ,...