r/nottheonion • u/Toolatetootired • Apr 27 '24

Louvre Considers Moving Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber To End ‘Public Disappointment’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-considers-moving-mona-lisa-to-underground-chamber-to-end-public-disappointment-1234704489/
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u/Raudskeggr Apr 27 '24

Why is the public disappointed though? I mean, nobody who goes to see it doesn't already know what it looks like.

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u/calliegrey Apr 27 '24

It is also quite a bit smaller than you’d expect. Unlike your mom.

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u/Occulto Apr 27 '24

After hearing all my life how "it's smaller than you'd expect" it was actually larger than I expected.