The Mona Lisa continues to captivate the world with its secrets. Every new study raises more questions than answers, keeping ...

After a prominent archaeologist said he would launch a campaign to bring the Mona Lisa back to Italy, one of the foremost Leonardo da Vinci experts said the painting should, in fact, remain in France.

I remember when, as a child, I fought my way to the front of a queue of sweaty tourists in the Louvre, only to be pulled aside by a security guard who mistook my enthusiasm for malign intent. When I ...

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and ... to paint a portrait of the young poet Ginevra de’ Benci, the daughter of a wealthy, well ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce possibly hundreds of millions of euros in renovation work for the Louvre.

People who dwell on the Mona Lisa’s many mysteries – how we feel like she’s exchanging looks with us; that extraordinary enigmatic smile – should avoid the crowds and instead head to see another ...