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Is this the skeleton of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'?
Culture MonsterThe seemingly never-ending quest for the true identity of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" took a notable step forward Friday when the Italian media reported that a skeleton found in a former convent in Florence could be the remains of...... -
Monster Mash: Getty bids goodbye to 'Goddess'; Da Vinci manuscript fragment found
Culture MonsterPacking up: The Getty Villa prepares to say goodbye to the "Cult Statue of a Goddess," which is being returned to Italy. (Los Angeles Times) Discovery: A long-lost fragment of manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci has been uncovered in a...... -
Monster Mash: New claim of 'Mona Lisa' secret; Andrew Lloyd Webber calls off theater sales
Culture MonsterEnigmatic: An Italian researcher has claimed that Leonardo da Vinci painted tiny letters into the eyes of the "Mona Lisa," which may reveal the identity of his model. (The Guardian) Canceled: The planned sale of four major West End theaters...... -
Peter Greenaway talks about 'The Last Supper,' Hendrick Goltzius and the death of cinema
Culture MonsterPeter Greenaway, the polarizing British-born auteur, has never been a director to make concessions to popular taste. His movies -- including "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," "The Pillow Book" and "Nightwatching" -- are densely constructed... -
Getty Museum reopens sculpture and decorative arts galleries
Culture MonsterStarting this week, visitors to the Getty Center in Brentwood will have access to works recently acquired by the museum, including Pietro Ciprianiâs "Medici Venus and Dancing Faun" and a 9-foot bronze vase by the French sculptor Jean-Désiré Ringel dâ... -
Magna Carta coming to LACMA for a fortnight during BritWeek
Culture MonsterFour years ahead of its 800th anniversary, the Magna Carta is coming to Los Angeles. From April 26 to May 11, this aged piece of parchment will reside in the European galleries of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,...... -
Mona Lisa meets Louis Vuitton in art gallery show
All The RageWe may never know why Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is smiling, but in Jason Alper's version it's pretty clear: She's wearing a dress covered with the Louis Vuitton logo print. And he hasn't stopped there, Alper gives Thomas Gainsborough's...... -
New York museum returns to good graces after ban for selling art to pay bills
Culture MonsterAfter nearly two years of museum-world ostracism because it sold two prized 19th century American landscape paintings for about $15 million to relieve a financial crisis, Manhattanâs venerable National Academy Museum & School is being accepted back into... -
Benoit Mandelbrot dies at 85; mathematician known as the father of fractals
What do coastlines, clouds, cauliflower and the stock market have in common?
Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot may not have conceived the question, but he provided an answer — one that was compelling in its originality and startling in its usefulness...Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Gaming, Music, Internists, University of Paris
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LIBYA: Massive evacuations underway
Babylon & BeyondGovernments scrambled by air and sea to pick up citizens stranded by Libya's unrest Tuesday, with thousands crowding the airport to await evacuation and Egyptians gathering at the border to escape the chaos. "The airport was mobbed, you wouldn't believe..... -
Artist Daniel Egnéus gives Little Red Riding Hood a stylish makeover
Jacket CopyArtist Daniel Egnéus talks about his Red Riding Hood redesign.... -
Discoveries: 'Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries' by Helen Vendler
Special to the Los Angeles TimesDickinson Selected Poems and Commentaries Helen Vendler Harvard University Press: 530 pp., $35 I'm just a regular reader, you say. I read for pleasure. Why should I read the commentaries of critic Helen Vendler on the "epigrammatic, terse, abrupt,...Tags: Emily Dickinson, Robert Motherwell, Education, Alice Munro, Poetry
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