Podcast Pick: Jacqueline Kennedy & Mona Lisa
Jacqueline Kennedy and the 1963 Exhibition of the Mona Lisa
In this podcast entitled “First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and the 1963 Exhibition of the Mona Lisa” the creators highlight the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in the success of the 1963 Metropolitan Exhibition of the Mona Lisa.
According to the The Sunday Times magazine, “The story of how the world’s most famous painting came to be lent to the world’s most famous first lady is a love story, of sorts.”
Read more about the event in the article Mona Lisa in Camelot (PDF) from the July 12, 2008 issue of The Sunday Times.