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Mona Lisa

Posted inNews

Man Smears Mona Lisa With Cake at the Louvre

by Hakim Bishara May 30, 2022September 12, 2022

“Think of the planet,” said the vandal, who claimed to be a climate activist and was disguised as a woman in a wheelchair.

Posted inOpinion

Do We Really Need a Mona Lisa Immersive Experience?

Avatar photo by Farah Abdessamad February 6, 2022February 4, 2022

The only surprise perhaps is that this hasn’t come sooner given the extent to which the Louvre Museum expansively brands itself and its collection around the figure.

Posted inNews

People Want Jeff Bezos to Buy the Mona Lisa and Eat it

by Hakim Bishara June 14, 2021June 14, 2021

The viral petition has over 4,500 signatures.

Posted inNews

From da Vinci to Bosch, the 10 Most Googled Paintings of 2020

by Hakim Bishara March 1, 2021March 2, 2021

The list of artworks is based on data from 155 different countries.

Posted inArt

Mona Lisa, Revisited: History’s Symbol and Muse

Avatar photo by Edward M. Gómez May 11, 2019May 10, 2019

With his Mona Lisa Earth Series, Naoto Nakagawa puts Leonardo’s mysteriously grinning subject through a ringer of styles and technical treatments in ambitious, complex images.

School of Leonardo da Vinci, "La Joconde nue" (ca 1514–16), 28.5 x 21 in (© RMN-Grand Palais, domaine de Chantilly; photo by Gérard Blot)
Posted inNews

Experts Believe Leonardo Sketched the Mona Lisa Nude

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton September 29, 2017

Analysis of a drawing long attributed to Leonardo’s studio suggests the artist worked on at least part of it, and that it may have been a preparatory sketch for the Mona Lisa.

Posted inIn Brief

Science Confirms Mona Lisa Is Happy

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton March 13, 2017

Ninety-seven percent of the participants in a study by researchers at the University of Freiburg said that the sitter in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous portrait looks happy.

Posted inOpinion

In Defense of the World’s Ugliest Color, “Opaque Couché”

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne June 16, 2016June 16, 2016

And the title of “World’s Ugliest Color” goes to: Pantone 448C!

Posted inOpinion

In Light of the Newest One, a Brief History of Mona Lisa Theories

by Claire Voon December 8, 2015

It seems the Mona Lisa will never fail to inspire research and lead to discoveries that, though questionable, will never fail to grab headlines and cause every Leonardo expert in the world to weigh in on the matter and inevitably butt heads with each other.

Posted inIn Brief

The Louvre Is Empty

by Jillian Steinhauer November 20, 2015December 1, 2015

One week after terrorists killed 129 people in Paris, the French capital remains quiet, including its museums.

Posted inArt

In Twin Leonardo Shows, a Portrait of Singapore Emerges

by Josh Spero March 5, 2015March 7, 2015

SINGAPORE — This is a tale of two Leonardos — or rather one possible Leonardo and one definite da Vinci.

Posted inOpinion

13 Responses to the Beyoncé & Jay-Z Pic with the Mona Lisa

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 12, 2014October 16, 2014

Some thoughts …

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