But to send it permanently to the land of la dolce vita? Even if we can imagine the Mona Lisa traveling (it has already made rare trips, notably to the United States in the 1960s), its heart seems ...

Don't let that smile fool you — the Mona Lisa has seen some things. After a visitor attempted to smash its protective glass last week, the painting and its wild history of attempted vandalism ...

Up to 10 million people a year visit the "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre, crowding into the Paris gallery where "she gazes out from behind 3in of bulletproof glass", said The Times. Many visitors queue ...

Alan Yentob tells the story of the most famous work of art in the world - the Mona Lisa. He discovers who she is, and why she is smiling. Show more She has her own bodyguards and lives in Paris in ...