Long before Pablo Picasso became a global icon of modern art, he found himself entangled in one of history’s most baffling art scandals. In 1911, when Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Mona Lisa' vanished from the Louvre, suspicion briefly turned toward the young Spanish painter and his friend, the avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. What began as a tangle of bohemian friendships, stolen sculptures, and misplaced trust quickly spiraled into headlines that shocked Paris and the world. Could Picasso really have stolen the 'Mona Lisa,' or was he simply caught up in art history’s strangest misunderstanding?
Step inside the story that blurred the line between genius and guilt, and discover how a young Picasso’s brush with scandal forever changed the art world. Click on for more.