This week, senior reporter Eileen Kinsella speaks to documentarian Ken Burns about his first foray outside of American ...

Wrinkled faces, contorted expressions, weak bone structure, and gaudy outdated headdresses are common features which are ...

Johns Hopkins art history professor Stephen Campbell complicates received narratives of the renaissance painter.

MY SAY Ken Burns launched his own illustrious career 43 years ago with "Brooklyn Bridge," and until now, never left these ...

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Famed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns didn’t plan to pursue a film on Leonardo da Vinci, his first non-American subject ... Beyond his groundbreaking approach to art, Leonardo was a true Renaissance ...

A Leonardo da Vinci painting, Madonna with the Yarnwinder, has been stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland. The castle is home to one of Scotland's richest landowners and contains one of the ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has produced over 40 films. His latest is a movie focused on the life and creative force of Leonardo da Vinci. It's his first film about an international topic.

Leonardo da Vinci vs. Michelangelo (with assists from Machiavelli) in Gary Graves' compelling drama at Berkeley City Club.

There are still plenty of excellent exhibitions to catch before 2024 clocks off. Here's what we're excited for.

Dance music legend Sasha has scored a roaming art exhibition celebrating the work of Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci, 'Da Vinci Genius’. The score also makes up as a 17-track album, produced in ...

A Leonardo da Vinci painting, Madonna with the Yarnwinder, has been stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland. Police said that the thieves posed as visitors to the castle, in Dumfries and ...