When visitors step into the Louvre, most make a beeline for one small painting. It isn’t the largest, most colorful, or even the most technically complex artwork there. Yet, the Mona Lisa commands ...

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been long studied and celebrated for its virtuosic composition and sfumato technique, its mysterious background and sitter, but two experimental psychologists in ...

After 28 months, Vincenzo Perugia was arrested for the theft of the Mona Lisa. Shown here is the transfer of the painting from the Italian Ministry of Public Instruction to France. Bettmann / Corbis ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This exhibit has been extended through Sunday, April 27, according to the official website, southfloridapbs.org/davinci. Ever wondered what the ...