Mona Lisa
painting
Lady Gaga makes the Mona Lisa smile in Joker movie promo
Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move
Why writing off the Mona Lisa would serve the Louvre better than worshipping it
The Paris museum should forget about the hugely costly move of the Leonardo painting and focus instead on the myriad other masterpieces in its collection
Why there is no case for returning the Mona Lisa to Italy
An archaeologist’s recent claim that illicit actions have led the painting to be in France mirrors that made by the man who stole it more than a century ago—and it is entirely false
Famed Egyptian archaeologist pledges to ‘join together’ with Italy to secure return of Mona Lisa
The former antiquities minister is also demanding that three Egyptian treasures, including the Rosetta Stone, be sent to his home country
Ten essential artworks to see in Paris
Whether you're looking for a culture hit while taking in the Olympics or strolling along the Seine on a weekend break, make sure not to miss out on these masterpieces in the City of Light
Barefoot Kendall Jenner gets the Louvre to herself
Model roams the museum, taking in the Mona Lisa (alone)
Mona Lisa move would not be funded by state, says source
Idea to place the painting in a separate space at the Louvre would reportedly cost around €500m
The Week in Art podcast | The Mona Lisa’s endless, and problematic, allure; Judy Chicago; and New Objectivity
We speak to the Leonardo da Vinci scholar, Martin Kemp, about the famous painting's potential move and the latest research on its background, to the US artist about her show at Serpentine North and to the director of the Leopold Museum in Vienna about Christian Schad’s 'Self-Portrait with Model' (1927)
Mystery of Mona Lisa’s background may have been solved
A geologist claims to have identified the landscape in Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous work as being that of a particular city in northern Italy, but some experts disagree
Missing Mona Lisa: the story behind the 1911 theft of Leonardo’s masterpiece
The author of a new book tells us why it was stolen and how Picasso got embroiled in the scandal
Mona Lisa undamaged after protesters at the Louvre throw soup at Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece
Members of Riposte Alimentaire demand the right to "healthy and sustainable food" after splattering pumpkin soup over the protective glazing in front of the world's most-viewed painting
AI helps artist think outside the frame
Kody Young fills in the blanks for Leonardo, Hopper and Botticelli
What the cluck—Mona Lisa installation in Singapore features live chickens
Gallery partnered with animal welfare group Chicken Rescue Rehome
Mona Lisa smeared with cake by man ‘dressed as old lady in wheelchair’
"There are people who are destroying the planet, that's why I did it," the vandal said
Mona Lisa to go digital as boom for immersive art shows grows
Officials at the Grand Palais hope a new strand of multimedia exhibitions will tap into a growing global market
King Tut’s golden year, Koons’s worst: the highs and lows of the art world in 2019
As Notre Dame burned, protestors called the shots and a gold toilet vanished, it was certainly a year to remember
Louvre defends planned switch to timed-entry tickets after Mona Lisa 'pandemonium'
Reservations will become mandatory at the world's most visited museum by the end of the year
Family claims quarter share of disputed Isleworth Mona Lisa
The painting, long the subject of an attribution dispute, is now at the centre of a legal conflict over ownership
The Mona Lisa is on the move this summer at the Musée du Louvre
The Leonardo painting, which is seen by thousands of visitors each day, is temporarily leaving its home during renovations to the gallery
Carlos Santana dreams of seeing the Mona Lisa naked: now he can
As the so-called “Nude Mona Lisa” goes on display at Chantilly, here’s the Mexican guitarist’s love song
French exhibition aims to reveal naked truth about 'nude Mona Lisa'
New research suggests work could be a prototype of an idealised “Venus” portrait designed by Leonardo himself
Earliest copy of Mona Lisa found in Prado
Experts say the painting was completed at the same time as Leonardo’s original
How the Mona Lisa almost came to a watery end at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Faulty fire sprinkler “rained on” Leonardo’s portrait, reveals former director
Books: What is all the fuss about Leonardo? Martin Kemp and Charles Nicholl try to decipher the master
Two books try to shed new light on why Leonardo continues to exert a fascination for scholars, art historians and the public
New “anti-terrorist” display case for the Mona Lisa
After 500 years, Leonardo’s fragile portrait is starting to warp
Mona Lisa mystery finally solved: The sitter is indisputably Lisa del Giocondo
And not Isabella d’Este, Pacifica Brandano, Costanza d’Avalos, a cumulative female image—or Leonardo in drag