Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is perhaps the world’s most famous painting. It’s also one of the world’s most mysterious. For centuries, art historians have analyzed the Mona Lisa, hoping ...

When Bernard Berenson learned that Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre Gallery in Paris, the art ...

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 ...

Mona Lisa Restaurant, the dim-lit French Quarter pizzeria with walls covered in renditions of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16-century masterpiece, has addressed the elephant in the room with paper, black ...

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 ...

Born into a poor family from a small Italian Alpine village, Vincenzo Peruggia moves to Paris at the age of 20, in search of a better life. Once in Paris, Vincenzo starts work as a house painter.

Famous attractions across the globe are grappling with the problems of overtourism as the travel industry bounces back from the pandemic. Venice last week introduced an entry fee for day-trippers ...