Mona Lisa graces Louvre's Leonardo show in virtual 'tete-a-tete' The Mona Lisa is conspicuously absent from the Louvre's retrospective of Leonardo da Vinci, but the world-famous Florentine makes up for it by holding court in a virtual reality experience. Organisers of the blockbuster show featuring 11 of the Renaissance master's paintings, which opened today, decided to leave the masterpiece in its usual home, the Salle des Etats, fearing crowd-control problems. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES