In fact, some restoration work was done in 1809 on the original Mona Lisa, and that’s why it looks so ‘washed out’ as some ...

She is his Ideal. "Raymond Hekking was her staunch defender among art historians and the world's media." The original Mona Lisa is possibly the world's most famous painting, and Italian ...

The Culture Minister of France has revealed a proposal to charge more non-EU visitors extra entrance fees for Paris's ...

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 ...

The broadcaster and journalist Andrew Marr explores the secret science and painting methods underneath the Mona Lisa. Watch the full documentary The World's Greatest Paintings on BBC Select.

A Dutch museum has reportedly broken the world record that an institution has paid for a Vincent van Gogh painting ... pay for what they dubbed “the Mona Lisa of Brabant”.

Wyburn spent over 10 hours constructing the Marilyn Monroe and Mona Lisa pictures ... "I, of course, have massive respect for the original pieces of art that have inspired this work, but I ...

Iconic paintings like the Mona Lisa, The Starry Night ... Restoration efforts over the centuries have struggled to preserve its original grandeur. Shakuntala by Raja Ravi Varma Shakuntala depicts ...

"What is more important? Art or the right to have a healthy and sustainable food system?" These words resounded in Paris' Louvre museum on Sunday, as Mona Lisa 's soup-smeared face gazed down on ...

The space was inspired by its namesake painting by Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa. The restaurant design features an artificial rock formation resembling the mountains painted in the background ...