Leonardo da Vinci

The Missing Madonna: Bags of cash, pub car parks and a stolen Leonardo da Vinci

Podcast review: Olivia Graham is a smart host and storyteller, and knows how to build the tension

Sat Sept 23 2023 - 05:00

How to power nap: ‘relax the body more and you will live longer’

A 20-30 minture spell of doing nothing may help to protect the brain’s health - but avoid slipping into a deeper dream state

Sun Jul 16 2023 - 08:00

This portrait cost $22,000. It could be a Leonardo da Vinci worth $150m. Who decides if it’s real?

The fate of La Bella Principessa is one of many fascinating stories that Alice Sherwood, author of Authenticity, will be talking about at Dalkey Book Festival

Thu Jun 15 2023 - 05:30

Catholica: The Visual Culture of Catholicism: refreshing and innovative

Suzanna Ivanič has not just collected high culture highlights, thank goodness, but personal objects too

Sat Aug 13 2022 - 05:00

Henry, Ballagh and O’Donoghue lead impressive list

Morgan O’Driscoll sale features big names in Irish art as well as newcomers

Sat Apr 16 2022 - 06:00

Andy Warhol: Profound artist, affectless hero, subversive icon

Warhol is set to eclipse Picasso with a $200m sale of Marilyn Monroe portrait, breaking records

Thu Apr 14 2022 - 13:00

Using platelets as little health sensors in our blood

Research Lives: Patricia Maguire, Professor of Biomedical Science at University College Dublin

Thu Jun 24 2021 - 01:00

Infertility: Men account for at least half of cases. So why have women shouldered the blame?

We need to talk about fertility afresh, not least because the sperm-count ‘crisis’ doesn’t add up

Fri Jun 18 2021 - 06:00

Jimmy Johnson and Gibby Gobson Get Loose, Get Wrecked and Get Pizza

Fighting Words 2021: A short story by Eli Gannon (nine), from Co Roscommon

Tue May 11 2021 - 00:00

Absent Trends – Frank McNally on the trail of missing apostrophes

An Irishman’s Diary

Fri Apr 30 2021 - 19:01

The mystery of the Salvator Mundi: Where has Leonardo da Vinci’s €375m painting gone?

A clash of wills has kept the masterpiece hidden since it was sold for a record price in 2017

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 06:00

Genius in the house: Inspired interiors of world's most famous creatives

Life Meets Art explores the houses of the world’s most cultured and creative legends

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 00:00

Leinster need to follow Munster’s lead and sign some marquee names

The province’s European successes have seen key inputs from world stars

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 06:00

Sky at night to reveal celestial wonders, not least lovely Luna

Lure of nearest heavenly neighbour on menu for International Observe the Moon Night

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 22:04

David McWilliams: Ignore the austerity ‘jihadis’. Here’s an alternative economic strategy

The solution to financial woes brought about by Covid-19 is obvious. It is called Japan

Sat May 30 2020 - 06:00

Sketches and spirals: When maths and art collide

Albrecht Dürer, born in 1471, believed ‘the new art must be based upon science’

Thu May 21 2020 - 01:10

Virtual viewing: A guide to visiting museums online in the age of Covid-19

Many of the world’s great museums are now available on screen, but what exactly do you get for your click?

Sat Mar 28 2020 - 05:00

Renaissance painting found in kitchen sells for record €24m

Christ Mocked, by Italian artist Cimabue had been valued at up to €6m before sale

Mon Oct 28 2019 - 08:57

Decoding da Vinci: Inside the largest Leonardo exhibition ever assembled

The Louvre has put on a blockbuster show to mark 500 years since the artist’s death

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00

Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96

Artist was best known for work with opera singers and on Shakespeare plays

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 16:49

The $450m ‘lost Leonardo’ may be worth just $1.5m

Louvre show ditches Salvator Mundi as art experts remain divided on portrait’s origins

Mon May 27 2019 - 10:31

Whatever happened to the wonderful Rocky Elsom?

It is a decade since the flanker inspired Leinster to a first Heineken Cup triumph

Mon May 27 2019 - 06:00

Sketch of bearded man ‘identified as Leonardo Da Vinci’

Quick sketch is ‘closest we get of a snapshot of Leonardo during his own lifetime’

Thu May 02 2019 - 08:45

Leonardo da Vinci remains a very modern genius

Five hundred years after his death, the original Renaissance Man's creative brilliance is still astonishing

Thu May 02 2019 - 05:00

Rolling up the river – Frank McNally on an unlikely partnership between Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli

Thu May 02 2019 - 00:01

Will Eaves wins Wellcome Book Prize for Alan Turing-inspired novel Murmur

Fictionalised story about the arrest, chemical castration and harrowing end of Turing ‘restores faith in human beings’, say judges

Wed May 01 2019 - 19:15

EuroMillions winner ‘may have to pay’ to deposit in wary banks

There is no chance of ‘living off the interest’ when rates are rock-bottom, says expert

Wed Feb 20 2019 - 14:15

‘Time Tries All Things’: magical physics and the nature of chronology

Grace Weir’s new film just might explain the nature of life, the universe and everything

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 05:00

The fairest of them all: mirrors take centre stage at Adam’s

Guinness mirrors among wide range of style in At Home sale

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 00:00

The Irish Times view on Franco-Italian tensions: bad neighbours

Relations between Paris and Rome are at breaking point

Tue Jan 29 2019 - 00:02

France and Italy’s relationship is close to breaking point

Migration row between the two governments highlights the shattering of historic ties

Thu Jan 24 2019 - 01:00

Damien Hirst’s giant uterus? It should shock us out of ignorance

The artist’s controversial Qatar sculptures are a rare celebration of women’s bodies

Wed Nov 21 2018 - 10:04

Huge pink diamond sells for $50m in ‘new world record’

Jeweller bought the `Pink Legacy' stone from Christie’s in price-per-carat record

Wed Nov 14 2018 - 06:57

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

Follow in the footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci, charitable holidays, tall tales in Kerry and an Alaskan cruise

Sat Nov 10 2018 - 06:00