For centuries, viewers have debated whether the Mona Lisa is smiling at all. Now, British researchers say the famous expression was carefully engineered by Leonardo da Vinci. Their findings suggest ...

If a chick-flick version of Dead Poets Society is on your Christmas list, Santa may be kind to you this year with Mona Lisa Smile. Set in 1953, Julia Roberts is cast as Katherine Watson, the new ...

A mash-up of geology and art history has identified a likely setting for one of the world’s most famous paintings. By Ali Watkins She’s been smeared with cake and doused with acid. Vigilantes have ...

Art historians have tussled for ages over many aspects of what is arguably the world’s most famous painting: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa (ca. 1503–08). Who was the sitter? What does her smile mean? Is the ...

It may well be the best known painting of all time, but mysteries still lurk behind the famous Mona Lisa smile. One longstanding historical dispute has been over the identity of the bridge in the ...

Actress and singer Lady Gaga at the premiere of her new movie 'Joker: Folie a Deux' in Venice - Copyright AFP Bryan R. SMITH Actress and singer Lady Gaga at the ...

A painting that came on the scene in the early 1900s is gaining sensation with its public display in an Italian city, with some claiming the portrait could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci himself, ...