How did spies, curators, and an army of art handlers save some of the world's most important artwork? An excerpt from the new ...

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 ...

For centuries, critics and observers alike have argued over if Mona Lisa is smiling. Do we now have an answer?

he took the painting off the wall and lugged it into a nearby stairwell, where he extracted the piece from its heavy frame. The artwork was Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Join Walkley award ...

When President Macron gave a press conference at the Louvre in January 2025, you can guess what painting he was standing next to. The Mona Lisa is probably the most celebrated artwork ever made ...

The Mona Lisa. The Venus de Milo. The Winged Victory of Samothrace. The collection in the Louvre Museum in Paris is an Art History 101 checklist. And yes, you must see the works in person.

We nearly lost the Mona Lisa—the world’s most famous painting—during World War II ... where she belonged—hanging gracefully on the wall of the Louvre, her enigmatic smile fully intact ...

Protesters have thrown soup at the glass-protected Mona Lisa painting in Paris. The 16th Century painting by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most famous artworks, and is held at the Louvre ...

A deranged young male visitor disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at Leonardo Da Vicini's Mona Lisa painting at Paris' Louvre Museum The boy stood up from his chair and ...

She ends up nose-to-nose with the Mona Lisa before painting a clownish smile in lipstick on the protective glass in front of it. As she stands back, a black mascara tear drops from the star's eye.