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From left: Travis Kelce, football person; Mona Lisa, smirker; RFK Jr., falconer. Jamie Squire/Getty Images; Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Louvre visitors in front of The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese in June 2024. The painting is among several masterworks that may soon cease to play "second fiddle'" to the Mona Lisa. Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Mona Lisa's roommates may be glad she's moving out

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French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre in Paris on Tuesday. Bertrand Guay/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room

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Visitors observe the painting the Mona Lisa by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci on display in a gallery at Louvre on May 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Marc Piasecki/Getty Images hide caption

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People watch slurry, manure and tyres dumped by farmers at the entrance of the local state administration building, in Agen, southwestern France, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. French farmers have vowed to continue protesting and are maintaining traffic barricades on some of the country's major roads. Fred Scheiber/AP hide caption

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A closeup from the portrait that a Swiss foundation says is an early "Mona Lisa" by Leonard Da Vinci. Denis Balibouse/Landov hide caption

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Listen to Elizabeth Blair's report

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