A painting that came on the scene in the early 1900s is gaining sensation with its public display in an Italian city, with some claiming the portrait could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci himself, ...

Art historians have tussled for ages over many aspects of what is arguably the world’s most famous painting: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa (ca. 1503–08). Who was the sitter? What does her smile mean? Is the ...

Two pranksters managed to sneak a fake painting into the Louvre just weeks after a $102 million heist there — getting past ...

An art critic for The New York Times argued on Wednesday that "it's time to take down" the iconic Mona Lisa portrait from the Louvre Museum in Paris, which sparked quite the reaction on social media.

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THIS is the shocking moment two pranksters successfully sneak a painting into the Louvre and hang it in the same room as the ...

Dive into the world of artistic mastery with LEGO as they debut their latest LEGO Art set featuring a buildable Mona Lisa! That is right; it is time to become the one and only Leonardo da Vinci as ...

Forget everything you know about the most famous painting in the world: Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503–17). According to French scientist Pascal Cotte, who has analyzed the painting with ...

Two Belgian TikTokers bypassed Louvre security using a collapsible Lego frame and secretly hung their own artwork inside the ...

Environmental campaigners have struck again against a famous artwork at a major gallery. This time, members of Riposte Alimentaire (Food Counterattack) threw soup at the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre in ...

Here’s something to smile about. The enigma wrapped in a riddle known as Mona Lisa has long been the subject of speculation: Is her ambiguous expression a smile? A recent study by the University of ...