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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......

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.......

Rig Veda, Apollo Statue, Mona Lisa enrich G20 Summit venue's culture corridor

Certified original copies of the US' Charters of Freedom, a fahua-lid jar from China and Panini's grammar treatise Ashtadhyayi from India are among the historic items displayed at the Bharat......

Mona Lisa is back as Louvre reopens after 4 months

The world's most visited museum, the Louvre in Paris, has reopened. IMAGE: Visitors queue in front of the Louvre Pyramid designed by Chinese-born US architect Ieoh Ming Pei in Paris as the museum......

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......

1928 Merc sells for 3 mn pounds

A rare 1928 Mercedes which spent 60 years gathering dust in a garage in a home in UK has fetched almost 3 million pounds at an auction in London.The S-Type Mercedes-Benz-- the supercar of its......

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......

16 top museums of the world

A trip to the museum is always fascinating. It makes one familiar with history. To know a particular place well, one should always pay a visit to the local museum. In this slide show, we......

Indian art continue to rake in the moolah

On Wednesday night, in Dubai, a Rameshwar Broota painting scored big time when it was auctioned for $912,000, but only a day earlier, in London, F N Souza had rocked with his second-highest-ever......

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......

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......

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......

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,......

World T20 Dream XI

The ICC World Twenty20, which concluded with Pakistan winning the crown at Lord's on Sunday, was full of surprises. At the start of the tournament you would have hardly predicted that Pakistan......

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......

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......

World Cup trophy starts final leg of global tour

Thousands of excited township dwellers gathered in Cape Town's sprawling Khayelitsha on Friday to catch a glimpse of soccer's World Cup trophy at the start of its South Africa tour. Construction......

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