Opinion
In Defense of the World's Ugliest Color, "Opaque Couché"
And the title of "World's Ugliest Color" goes to: Pantone 448C!
Leonardo da Vinci
Art
Never Mind the Bollocks, It’s the Met’s Breuer Now
I realize that I’m coming late to the party with Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, one of the three debut exhibitions of the Met Breuer, and I have little to add to the conversation about the fundamental problem with the show.
Art
Scientists Identify the Fungi Clouding Leonardo's Self-Portrait
A red chalk sketch from around 1512 CE, long believed to be a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, has a glowering, bearded man's face emerging from a swarm of brown spots. Kept safely in the vaults of the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, the portrait's power, despite the imperfections, has even gained rum
In Brief
Erased Nude Discovered in a Leonardo da Vinci Notebook
It seems like there's always something new to discover in the thousands of pages of notes and drawings left behind by Leonardo da Vinci, whether it's a sketch for an early refrigerator or an illustration of a viola organista fusing a piano with a stringed instrument.
Opinion
In Light of the Newest One, a Brief History of Mona Lisa Theories
It seems the Mona Lisa will never fail to inspire research and lead to discoveries that, though questionable, will never fail to grab headlines and cause every Leonardo expert in the world to weigh in on the matter and inevitably butt heads with each other.
In Brief
Leonardo da Vinci Designed a Refrigerator
When Leonardo da Vinci wasn't painting portraits of medieval Italy's nobility, he was figuring out how to keep their drinks cold.
News
Possible New Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci Discovered
Now, we may have another portrait to fill out our image of Leonardo.
Art
In Twin Leonardo Shows, a Portrait of Singapore Emerges
SINGAPORE — This is a tale of two Leonardos — or rather one possible Leonardo and one definite da Vinci.
Art
Fooling Around With Art History, on Lunch Break
When most people are bored at work, they surf Facebook. Not so with Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick, two employees at the website creation startup Squarespace who funneled their creative energy into photographic homages to the art historical canon.
Books
The Original Renaissance Man and His Brain
LOS ANGELES — As he raced against cancer to finish his fourth and final book, Leonardo’s Brain, author/inventor/surgeon Leonard Shlain was motivated by the possibility that his manuscript-in-progress might help answer a very vital question: How can mankind achieve a more creative and peaceful future
In Brief
Citing Dubious Flora, Scholar Casts Doubt on National Gallery's Prized Leonardo Painting
New research suggests that Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks" at the National Gallery — one of the British museum's most prized possessions — might not be the work of the master after all, the Guardian reported.
Art
Supposedly Hidden from Hitler for Its Supernatural Powers, da Vinci Goes on Rare Public View
Gradually disappearing beneath a mottle of foxing and fading, a 1512 red chalk drawing believed to be a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci is on rare public view in Italy.