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

The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the world, but few know about the woman depicted in it. Lisa Gherardini, a 16th-century noblewoman from the Republic of Florence, is long ...

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 ...

“While the 1911 theft is arguably the most famous theft of an object in history, there are more true intrigues surrounding the Mona Lisa and a lot of hooey around it, too,” Charney says.

"This is the Mona Lisa bridge," Vinceti told CBS News ... calling it an attempt to change history to create a tourist attraction. Some historians have argued that Da Vinci's backdrop wasn't ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa — one of the most famous paintings ... While the pairing of earth science and art history may seem disparate, Pizzorusso argues the interdisciplinary approach ...

“If a different one of Leonardo’s works had been stolen, then that would have been the most famous work in the world – not the ‘Mona Lisa,’” Noah Charney, professor of art history and ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own ... will become the epicenter of art history for our country and beyond.” ...

“The Louvre will be redesigned and restored to become the epicenter of art history for our country and beyond,” he said in a carefully choreographed speech, as the Mona Lisa’s famous gaze ...