The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded the museum $600,000

The institution has installed an impressive high-tech robotic system to store and retrieve its holdings of prints and drawings

Traditional understandings of the brotherhood are addressed, again

Infra-red examination shows abandoned original design

Two books try to shed new light on why Leonardo continues to exert a fascination for scholars, art historians and the public

The production of works for garth and home

Two studies of the Renaissance artist’s works reveal divergent assumptions about interpretation

Four million viewers tuned in to Alan Yentob’s three-part series on the wonders of Da Vinci

Oxford professor launches detailed technical study of all works attributed to Leonardo to be completed by major exhibitions in 2006

Something for everyone: “animalcules”, Baltic art, the Cecils, CD-Roms, Cézanne, Chinese furniture, Clement Greenberg decadence, Holbein, Japanese design, Kahn, Leonardo, Millais, Modernism, Palladio, Tiffany silver, terracotta sculpture

Antonio Paolucci states he will halt the Uffizi’s planned restoration of the painting if he hears convincing arguments as to why it should not take place

Who was the real Leonardo da Vinci?

Director James M. Bradburne is a passionate believer in new technologies

The integrity of most archaeological sites in Italy has been compromised by extensive illicit excavations, which have caused the loss of an enormous quantity of archaeological information

Nine years of painstaking research have revealed this technically adventurous side of the artist’s work

The unfinished fresco may lie under Vasari's contribution to the Palazzo

A new book explores the notebooks of the Renaissance Master

Stanford University works to create computer models of all of the master's sculptural works

Stancioff spent her life charting the use of the same visual symbols by vastly distant cultures

This study is based on a close look at conservation and restoration research, a scientific examination of the artist’s technique, and new documentary evidence

This study maintains that Verrocchio’s “Tobias and the angel” in London is the first example of the artist’s hand

A critical look at old and new conservation and preservation techniques

“Sunflowers” back in bloom

The greatest city of the Hellenistic age has been neglected by archaeology for decades. Now underwater survey techniques have provided us with glimpses of the centre’s greatness. But many decry the techniques being used

Revolutionary non-contact cleaning method to be unveiled this month at Liverpool’s laser conservation conference

Medical technology is being utilised to obtain clear images of watermarks

Modern reconstructions with ancient materials have escaped detection until now

A three-day conference and exhibition in London with new projects on show

Pundits inform us that the new media age is now upon us. Will this transform the museum sector?

The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí fills the hole left by break with Robert Descharnes