Mona Lisa used to be a makeover darling for many an artist. I was caught off guard by postcards of La Gioconda in sunglasses, with punk make-up on a stand opposite the Louvres in Paris. They looked we...
A memorandum of Leonardo da Vinci is no ordinary to-do list: it is a map of mental search and intellectual development that illuminates the nature of genius...
Leonardo's self-portrait is on display at Turin until January 2012, along with modern artists' takes on his work, including Duchamp and Warhol....