Leonardo Da Vinci

Mona Lisa smeared with cake: All the times when artworks were victims of vandalism

Even though the Mona Lisa painting was not damaged by the act, it left art enthusiasts stunned all over the world. This is not the first time that attempts were made to vandalise artworks of great importance. Let’s take a look back

Da Vinci's stamp-sized sketch of a head of a bear sells for an exceptional US $12.2 mn at Christie's auction

Leonardo’s delicate silverpoint study “Head of a Bear,” measuring just under 3 inches by 3 inches, and thought to date from the early 1480s, was included in Christie’s summer “Exceptional Sale” of high-value historical works of art assembled from a range of collecting categories.

The Hekking Mona Lisa: How the most famous copy of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece underlines the value of imitation art

Of the many versions of the painting, few copies have a more fascinating history than the Hekking Mona Lisa. It offers a brilliant insight into changing attitudes over the centuries towards the perceived value of originality versus imitation.

Leonardo review: SonyLIV series offers in-depth study on life and times of the historic Renaissance artist

Leonardo stitches the painter’s real-life masterpieces into its narrative structure as the intricate world-building compels one to suspend disbelief.

With new Christmas album, the Shillong Chamber Choir revives West Asian-influenced carolling traditions of yore

Carolling traditions across the Christian diaspora can be traced as far back as fourth century Rome when songs were first sung to celebrate the birth of Christ.

The Friday List: From Jashn-e-Qalam's tribute to Ismat Chughtai to Netflix's Class of '83, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.

World Art Day 2020: Occasion marks Leonardo Da Vinci's birth anniversary, aims to create awareness about diversity of artistic expression

The day was adopted by the International Association of Art, a partner of UNESCO, to create awareness of creative activity worldwide.

His Dark Materials: Decoding the linguistic origins of Philip Pullman's fantasy world

The most important literary source for His Dark Materials is John Milton’s Paradise Lost, a poem which has held a lifelong fascination for Pullman and which provides both the metaphorical and literal Dark Materials for Pullman’s cosmology

It's time to take down the Mona Lisa for the sake of the Louvre, art and millions of aficionados

It is time for the Louvre to admit defeat. It is time for the Mona Lisa to go

Louvre Museum's ambitious retrospective offers a virtual reality experience of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Paris’s Louvre Museum is offering a virtual reality experience of its most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, as part of its decade-in-the-making retrospective of Leonardo da Vinci.