Leonardo da Vinci

In Brief

A Pristine 16th-Century Reproduction of the “Last Supper” Has Been Digitized

Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the “Last Supper” has faded and cracked over time, but an accurate reproduction likely made by one of his pupils reveals details you may have missed.

In Brief

Night at the Museum: Louvre Will Stay Open From Dusk ’Til Dawn for Last Days of Leonardo Blockbuster

The museum is offering visitors a last chance to view its massive survey of the Italian master's works, offering free admission from 9pm to 8:30am.

Art

The Pursuit of Art, 2019

MoMA’s recognition of modernism’s multiverse, alongside artist-led drives for greater transparency on the part of museums and their boards, brought a twinge of optimism to the close of the year.

Books

A Peek Into Some of the Best Art Books of 2019

Paula Rego, John Ruskin, Donald Judd, Lucian Freud, Hokusai, and, yes, Leonardo da Vinci.

Art

When Leonardo da Vinci Just Isn’t Enough

Leonardo’s “Virgin” meets virtual reality — simpleminded in the extreme.

Art

Leonardo da Vinci, Lost at the Louvre

What exactly is the matter with this exhibition? We had expected to be excited from the start, but we are not.

In Brief

The Hidden Secrets of Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks"

Advanced imaging techniques have revealed Leonardo's original design to be vastly different from the final product.

Art

Leonardo and His Double

Leonardo da Vinci would have found a deep connection to the ostracism of Saint Jerome at the hands of the envious and the hypocritical.

Art

Mona Lisa, Revisited: History’s Symbol and Muse

With his Mona Lisa Earth Series, Naoto Nakagawa puts Leonardo’s mysteriously grinning subject through a ringer of styles and technical treatments in ambitious, complex images.

In Brief

After Diplomatic Squabble, Italy Agrees to Lend France Its Leonardos for Major Exhibition

Italy's rightwing government initially refused France's request for Leonardos because it believed the Louvre exhibition would “put Italy on the margins of a major cultural event.”

News

An Art Historian Says Leonardo da Vinci’s Only Known Sculpture Is in London’s V&A Museum

The new attribution reignites a century-long debate over the authorship of "The Virgin with the Laughing Child," a Renaissance-era statuette currently attributed to Antonio Rossellino.

Interview

Salvator Mundi’s Mysterious Journey to the Gulf [UPDATED]

The painting’s voyage, from the record-breaking Christie’s auction to the mysterious postponing of its unveiling, reflects deep regional ideological and geopolitical rifts — but the debate has hardly played out in the Arabic-language media.