Visitors to the Louvre have long reported that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa (aka La Gioconda), has eyes that seem to follow one around the room. A small 2019 ...

"we're very good at sensing when someone is looking at us, according to co-author Gernot Horstmann, whose expertise is in eye movement and attention. "It illustrates the strong desire to be looked at ...

Look me in the eyes: In nature a matter of life and death Visitors to an art gallery may be familiar with this effect: they feel watched or even followed by the portrayed person’s eyes everywhere in ...

The Mona Lisa is famed for two things: her enigmatic smile and her steady gaze, widely believed to follow her viewers around the room. Indeed, Leonardo da Vinci’s world-renowned painting, also known ...

This image grab taken from AFPTV footage shows two environmental activists from the collective dubbed "Riposte Alimentaire" (Food Retaliation) gesturing as they stand in front of Leonardo Da Vinci's ...

Seen one way, at risk of over-exercising the cliche we have of the French as world-class gourmets, the January 28 "soup attack" on the Mona Lisa was the most purely "French" of the long-suffering ...

Louvre, one of the world's most visited and iconic museums, has a history of being robbed and that too in day time. A team of four thieves robbed the Louvre's Apollo Gallery on Sunday around 9.30 am, ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. What is mona lisa doing? At first glance the subject of the world’s most famous painting seems to be smiling ...

The eyespots of many prey animals deter predators from attacking, like those of the peacock butterfly. In a new study, researchers show that the configuration of eyespots have an impact on the prey's ...