Scientists trace Leonardo da Vinci's DNA through his descendants and family tombs to reconstruct his genetic code.

Two books show that creating a museum with a clear conscience isn’t always straightforward; another shows how we do love a ...

The painting is unfinished, its origins shrouded in mystery—and yet it has been hailed as one of the great masterpieces in the history of art. And now, an entire exhibition is dedicated to it at the ...

The exhibition, which is on display at the Balboa Park museum through January 2026, provides a glimpse into the visionary’s ...

A third shape hidden in the infamous Vitruvian Man drawing suggests an even deeper understanding of human anatomy than ...

LEONARDO DA VINCI looks at how the artist influenced and inspired future generations, and it finds in his soaring imagination and profound intellect the foundation for a conversation we are still ...

Historians dedicated to tracing Leonardo da Vinci’s family tree have uncovered 14 living relatives of the Renaissance great in a project that has been in the works for nearly a decade. While Leonardo ...

Audible gasps filled the room Wednesday as someone dropped $450.3 million — not to modernize subway signals on one line or fund two days’ worth of New York City’s budget, but to buy a painting: ...

Architects are being asked to submit proposals for a new entrance for the world’s most visited museum — and to create a new exhibition space for the Mona Lisa. By Aurelien Breeden The secret beauty in ...

A new TV series about Leonardo da Vinci that portrays the Italian artist and thinker as a gay outsider has reopened a long-running debate about his sexuality. Is $450m Leonardo da Vinci painting a ...