Now she’s really got something to smile about. Mona Lisa is moving out of shared digs and into her own “special space” at the Louvre, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday ...

Mona Lisa's secrets are unlocked as Da Vinci's painting techniques are recreated. Her elusive smile is the perfect combination of art, science, optics and illusion – the greatest triumph of ...

One critic referred to the Mona Lisa as the “Kim Kardashian of 16th-century Italian portraiture,” in a New York Times op-ed pleading for the painting to receive its own space.

Researchers who used X-ray equipment on the 16th-century “Mona Lisa" has gained new insights into Leonardo da Vinci’s painting techniques.

The Mona Lisa holds a special place in the famous Louvre Museum located in Paris. In 2003, the museum decided to give the painting its own room after spending four years and $6.3 million to make ...

Visitors observe the painting the Mona Lisa by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci on display in a gallery at Louvre on May 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Marc Piasecki / Getty Images The room which ...

The Louvre is the world's most-visited museum, bringing in 8-10 million people last year, and the "Mona Lisa" is by far its biggest attraction. The museum receives some 20-30,000 visitors daily.

The Mona Lisa itself has also been the target of numerous attacks over the years. In January, climate change activists threw soup at the painting. The work itself was not damaged.