Who was the real Mona Lisa? The Florentine woman, the painter’s obsession and the secrets behind Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous smile

Painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 16th century, the Mona Lisa is widely believed to portray Lisa Gherardini, a ...
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The Theft That Made the Mona Lisa Famous

When it was stolen in 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting had been missing from the Louvre for more than 24 hours before anybody noticed. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa on view at the Louvre Museum in ...
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How the Mona Lisa went from obscure painting to the most famous artwork on Earth

After Leonardo da Vinci’s death in 1519, the Mona Lisa entered the French royal collection and passed through the hands of ...
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LISA Offers an Inside Look at Her Off-Duty Style in a New JOOPITER Auction

JOOPITER and world-renowned rapper, singer and style icon LISA have announced a new auction titled “LISA: Off Duty.” The forthcoming event provides an inside look into LISA’s personal style and ...
The New York Times

From ‘Mona’s Eyes’ to ‘Theo of Golden’: This Year’s Surprise Hit Novels

These days, most best sellers are written by authors with household names. Not these five breakout books. By Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris This year, the best-seller lists were again ...
The New Yorker

Mona Fastvold Knows Her Way Around a Chair

Deep in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, through an old bank façade, is Gallery 734, the Shaker Retiring Room. Inside, there’s an austere bedstead, ladder-back chairs, a cast-iron ...