https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/leonardo-da-vinci/RSS feed for Leonardo Da VincienFri, 24 Jul 2026 20:41:16 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/its-nature-versus-culture-as-europeans-vote-on-new-designs-for-euro-banknotes-that-pit-kingfishers-against-leonardo-da-vinci-180989193/The European Central Bank released a shortlist of ten potential designs for a new series of printed banknotes, the first complete redesign since the Euro note was issued in 2002.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:41:16 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/its-nature-versus-culture-as-europeans-vote-on-new-designs-for-euro-banknotes-that-pit-kingfishers-against-leonardo-da-vinci-180989193/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/500-years-ago-da-vincis-notebook-was-cut-up-and-separated-now-the-inventors-manuscripts-and-drawings-are-reconstructed-in-an-online-archive-180988922/A new tool developed by Museo Galileo researchers has restored 50 pages from fragments excised centuries agoWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:35:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/500-years-ago-da-vincis-notebook-was-cut-up-and-separated-now-the-inventors-manuscripts-and-drawings-are-reconstructed-in-an-online-archive-180988922/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mona-lisa-is-moving-to-a-new-home-the-louvre-just-announced-the-architects-who-will-design-her-private-suite-180988763/Visitors will be able to view Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece without touring the rest of the Louvre, and visitor traffic at the museum will be able to grow by three million people annuallyTue, 19 May 2026 18:27:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mona-lisa-is-moving-to-a-new-home-the-louvre-just-announced-the-architects-who-will-design-her-private-suite-180988763/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/renaissance-art-linked-beauty-with-virtue-and-ugliness-with-vice-see-how-painters-from-leonardo-da-vinci-to-botticelli-viewed-physical-attractiveness-180988584/An exhibition in Brussels spotlights 90-plus artworks featuring golden-haired muses, greedy old men and those deemed unattractive simply because they were differentTue, 21 Apr 2026 15:55:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/renaissance-art-linked-beauty-with-virtue-and-ugliness-with-vice-see-how-painters-from-leonardo-da-vinci-to-botticelli-viewed-physical-attractiveness-180988584/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/andrew-lloyd-webber-says-hes-writing-a-new-musical-about-the-time-the-mona-lisa-vanished-without-a-trace-in-1911-180988559/Known for spectacles like "The Phantom of the Opera," Broadway's most commercially successful composer now wants to tell the story of the world's most famous paintingFri, 17 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/andrew-lloyd-webber-says-hes-writing-a-new-musical-about-the-time-the-mona-lisa-vanished-without-a-trace-in-1911-180988559/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-massive-mural-made-from-100000-bottle-caps-is-one-artists-reinterpretation-of-the-mona-list-180988324/Óscar Olivares, who is known for working with recycled materials, completed the 43-foot-tall artwork in Zacamil, El Salvador, in FebruaryTue, 10 Mar 2026 21:20:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-massive-mural-made-from-100000-bottle-caps-is-one-artists-reinterpretation-of-the-mona-list-180988324/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-magnificent-mural-by-leonardo-da-vinci-will-go-on-display-for-a-brief-window-during-the-winter-olympics-in-milan-180988058/Guided tours will take visitors onto scaffolding to view the rare artwork inside Sforza Castle, which is currently undergoing restorationsTue, 27 Jan 2026 21:33:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-magnificent-mural-by-leonardo-da-vinci-will-go-on-display-for-a-brief-window-during-the-winter-olympics-in-milan-180988058/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-leonardo-da-vincis-dna-be-hiding-inside-one-of-his-renaissance-sketches-180987982/Scientists have discovered male human DNA on a chalk drawing that may have been created by the famous artist and scientist. But they cannot definitively link the genetic material, or the sketch, to LeonardoMon, 12 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-leonardo-da-vincis-dna-be-hiding-inside-one-of-his-renaissance-sketches-180987982/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/londons-national-gallery-will-oficially-begin-collecting-artworks-created-after-1900-180987330/The decision ends a longstanding agreement between the National Gallery and the Tate concerning what kinds of art each museum will targetFri, 12 Sep 2025 20:01:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/londons-national-gallery-will-oficially-begin-collecting-artworks-created-after-1900-180987330/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-louvre-is-asking-architects-to-submit-their-design-ideas-for-an-ambitious-316-million-expansion-180986955/The Paris museum has launched a competition to design a new entrance and underground exhibition spaces, including one dedicated to the "Mona Lisa"Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:22:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-louvre-is-asking-architects-to-submit-their-design-ideas-for-an-ambitious-316-million-expansion-180986955/