Leonardo

The state's attorney office in Florence has launched a series of court cases invoking Italy's landmark cultural heritage code, which protects artistic treasures from disparaging and unauthorized commercial use.

The Louvre in Paris is putting the finishing touches to an ambitious Leonardo da Vinci retrospective opening on Oct. 18, which groups more than 160 of the artist's works and has already attracted close to 200,000 advance visitor bookings.

Two women peruse a display case at the National Library of Greece, which recently inaugurated a tribute to the first Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci. The tribute at the library's new home at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Athens's southern coast comprises a series of events over 2019, marking the 500-year anniversary of the Italian polymath's death.

A man rides a bicycle past a mural by the artist Ino inspired by Leonardo da Vinci on the wall of the old OSY bus depot on Pireos Street in downtown Athens, Monday.

On the 500th anniversary since the death of Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, geometrist, engineer, anatomist, musicians and paleontologist Leonardo da Vinci, the old bus depot at the bottom of the pedestrianized part of Ermou Street is hosting an impressive exhibition showcasing different aspects of his multifaceted career.

On the 500th anniversary since the death of Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, geometrist, engineer, anatomist, musicians and paleontologist Leonardo da Vinci, the old bus depot at the bottom of the pedestrianized part of Ermou Street is hosting an impressive exhibition showcasing different aspects of his multifaceted career.

Even before Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi went to auction Wednesday night at Christie’s in New York, naysayers from around the art world were savaging its authenticity. Various advisers were muttering darkly, both online and in the auction previews.

The American actor Leonardo DiCaprio will play the role of the infamous creator and artist by the same name, Leonardo da Vinci, in an upcoming biographical film, reports Deadline.com

An international team of scientists are bidding to track down the real remains of Leonardo da Vinci, extract his DNA to shed new light on his character and create a model of what the great Renaissance genius would have looked like.

Leonardo DiCaprio will meet with President Obama to talk about climate change at South by South Lawn, the White House announced on Sunday.