Hyperallergic – To be clear: there is no actual art by Leonardo at Da Vinci — The Genius, currently on view at the Museum of Science, Boston. The show consists of models of inventions handcrafted from Leonardo’s designs, replicas of his best known paintings, a short video on the “Last Supper” (1495-1498) and a series of very large photographs of the “Mona Lisa” (1503-1506).
A product of the curatorial company Grande Exhibitions, the show is also sponsored by Pascal Cotte, a French engineer who claims to have discovered, through close examination with a high-definition, multi-spectral camera, two portraits hidden in paint layers beneath the “Mona Lisa.” – read more