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Mona Lisa To Move...

The Mona Lisa -- arguably, the most famous painting ever -- will move from its current place in the Louvre in Paris. It will still be part of the Louvre's dazzling offerings, of course, only it......

Decoding Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

A fresh look at the Mona Lisa portrait has revealed that artist Leonardo da Vinci has hidden some tiny letters and numbers in the dark paint of the masterpiece pupils.Experts say the barely......

PHOTOS: Mona Lisa's skeleton may have been found

Archaeologists have inched closer to unravelling the secret behind Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile, as they believe to have discovered the skeleton of the model who posed for Da Vinci's masterpiece.......

Mona Lisa starts to age

The Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile is beginning to fade. Curators at the Louvre, the Paris museum where the 500-year-old painting is housed, have warned that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was......

In PICS: Who was the real Mona Lisa?

The art world's most enduring mystery surrounding the identity of the woman in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait Mona Lisa may soon be solved. Art historians, led by Prof Silvano Vincetart, are......

Meeting Mr Mona Lisa

How much would collectors be willing to pay for owning a part of Indian history, asks Kishore Singh. I met Salvator Mundi a fortnight ago within a tightly regulated security cordon, and though I......

World's greatest art thefts

The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, when the self-styled Marques Eduardo de Valfierno paid three men to steal it from the Louvre in Paris, is usually seen as the first great art heist of the 20th......

Lessons of Paris's Louvre need to come to India!

Adding oomph to an ageing brand? When the first wrinkles appear, the search for the fountain of youth must begin! Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Francois Mitterrand, president of France......

Photo: Ash's Mona Lisa look

Mona Lisa's smile may still be a mystery but Bollywood, as usual, has managed to come around it. Aishwarya Rai takes over from Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece in artist Ratan Parimoo's latest......

Himesh woos Mona Lisa

His new film Kajraare will see Himesh Reshammiya wooing Mona Lisa. No, we're not talking about Leonardo DaVinci'sfamous painting. We're talking about the singer-turned-actor's new heroine in the......

Is Ash more beautiful than the Mona Lisa?

It seems Ram Gopal Varma is very impressed with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's beauty. The director compared Aishwarya with Mona Lisa. 'I think Aishwarya rai is a thousand times more beautiful than Mona......

PIX: Sanjeeda, Mona Lisa, Drashti Dhami at Star Parivaar awards

The Star Parivaar awards saw quite a few television actors walk the red carpet in Mumbai over the weekend. Some of them may not have won an award but no one was left behind in the fashion race.......

Bigg Boss 10: Mona Lisa, the ultimate temptress

Nitibha wins the Immunity Medallion and Bigg Boss puts relationships at test in the new nomination task, discovers Divya Nair. Everyone had their eyes on the Immunity Medallion, but Nitibha......

Naomi Osaka Is Ready For Australian Open

She dropped out of the French Open and Wimbledon, lost the third round at the US Open. Naomi Osaka has decided to put all that turbulence behind her and defend her title at the Australian Open,......

Dean Jones dissects ways to dismiss Kohli

'With India's history, maybe this series will not be a fait accompli. I do feel the result will go India's way to the tune of a 2-0 or 3-0 result, as I just can't see Australia winning a Test......

Intrigue surrounds Messi's next move after Barca bombshell

Finances aside, though, there is an even bigger question mark hanging over Lionel Messi. Is he a fading force? IMAGE: Lionel Messi has made no secret of his admiration for the English Premier......