Every day, thousands of people from around the world crowd into a stark, beige room at Paris’s Louvre Museum to view Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” But why?

Mona’s improbable story begins with the 30-by-21-inch painting itself. The sitter, Lisa Gherardini, was a housewife married to a wealthy Florentine merchant.

The "Mona Lisa" has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques ...

Mona Lisa's roommates at the Louvre may be glad she's moving out Now that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is moving to another room at The Louvre, other Renaissance masterpieces hanging in the ...

The search for the Mona Lisa bridge 04:05. Tuscany — If you manage to elbow your way past the crowds at Paris' Louvre museum to get close enough to stare into the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci's ...

The Mona Lisa has been vandalized five times with the first known-time dating all the way back to 1956 and the most recent being in 2022. In 1956, the Mona Lisa was attacked not once, but twice.

He adds: "The Mona Lisa is now much more than just a painting. She represents what people think of when they hear the word ‘fine art’ but she is also now used everywhere - in pop art, on t ...

Art historians have insisted there was no way to improve on Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece the Mona Lisa.Then came “Is It Cake, Too?" In Season 2 of Netflix’s baking competition (now ...

Every day, thousands of people from around the world crowd into a stark, beige room at Paris’s Louvre Museum to view Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” But why?