Mar 17, 2012

The Guardian (UK) - "Behind the scenes: how Leonardo secrets could finally come to light"

The Observer Arts correspondent Vanessa Thorpe reports on the search by UCSD and CISA3 researchers, supported in part by National Geographic, for the lost Leonardo da Vinci mural, 'The Battle of Anghiari'.


Mar 17, 2012

Yucatán Hoy (Mexico) - "NatGeo estrena documental sobre 'El Da Vinci perdido'"

The newspaper notes that in a phone conference with Latin American media, the producer of the program, Max Salomon, said the National Geographic documentary recounts 'not only this work by Leonardo da Vinci, but also the passion of the researcher Maurizio Seracini, who has dedicated more than half his life to the search' for 'The Battle of Anghiari'. (In Spanish)


Mar 17, 2012

El Universal (Mexico) - "NatGeo estrena documental sobre el Da Vinci perdido"

In the newspaper's Culture section, Fernando Figueroa reports on the National Geographic documentary that traces 36 years of efforts to find Leonardo da Vinci's lost masterpiece, 'The Battle of Anghiari', an effort led by CISA3 director and UC San Diego alumnus Maurizio Seracini. (In Spanish)


Mar 16, 2012

Señal (Argentina) - "'El Da Vinci Perdido' por la pantalla de Nat Geo"

The Argentina-based magazine previews a National Geographic Channel documentary on 'The Lost Da Vinci', and quotes Maurizio Seracini, founding director of CISA3, on evidence so far that the da Vinci mural, 'The Battle of Anghiari', may have been located.


Mar 16, 2012

Il Tirreno (Italy) - "Cosi Leonardo e diventato il mio paziente"

In an interview with CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini, the 'art diagnostician' says he believes that Leonardo da Vinci would have approved of current methods to determine if da Vinci's mural, The Battle of Anghiari, still exists behind a wall of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.


Mar 15, 2012

Le Monde (France) - "Léonard de Vinci et l'affaire du pigment noir"

In the article titled 'Leonardo da Vinci and the black pigment affair,' the leading French quotes CISA3's Maurizio Seracini on the results of endoscopic probes in search of the lost da Vinci mural, The Battle of Anghiari.


Mar 15, 2012

El Universal (Colombia) - "En busca de Da Vinci"

In the article titled "In search of da Vinci", the Colombian edition of the Latin American newspaper El Universal notes that National Geographic Channel will air a documentary on the UCSD-led search for a lost mural, The Battle of Anghiari.


Mar 15, 2012

Shenzhen Daily (China) - "Lost da Vinci masterpiece thought to be found"

The paper's English-language edition notes that, 'In what some art experts say would be one of the biggest discoveries of the century, researchers in Italy think they may have discovered a long-lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci behind a 16th-century fresco in Florence.'


Mar 15, 2012

Jinan Daily (China) - "Traces of lost da Vinci painting hidden in a palace wall for 400 years "

The Chinese-language newspaper reports on the effort to find The Battle of Anghiari, a mural by Leonardo da Vinci not seen since the mid-16th century.


Mar 15, 2012

La Tercera (Chile) - "Este domingo se estrena mundialmente el programa sobre el 'Da Vinci perdido'"

The paper reports that National Geographic Channel will air the documentary on UCSD's search for the lost mural, The Battle of Anghiari, simultaneously around the world on Sunday, March 18.


Mar 15, 2012

Orbita (Peru) - "Nat Geo presenta el Estreno Mundial: 'El Da Vinci Perdido'"

The Peruvian news agency notes that National Geographic will air a world premiere documentary on the efforts to find 'The Lost Da Vinci' mural -- a search led by CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini.


Mar 15, 2012

National Geographic Italia (Italy) - "Leonardo perduto, la lacca rivelatrice"

In the Italian edition of National Geographic, Marco Ferri reports that UCSD scientists extracted a red lacquer where they believe a Leonardo da Vinci mural is hidden behind a false wall -- and that the lacquer is similar to one used by da Vinci in his painting, 'Adoration of the Magi.'


Mar 14, 2012

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - "Leonardo work believed to be hiding charms behind wall"

Nick Squires reports that 'researchers have used probes to try to find a 'lost' Renaissance mural.


Mar 14, 2012

China Daily - "Is the 'Lost Leonardo' now found?"

The newspaper picked up the Reuters report from Florence by Philip Pullella on CISA3 researchers finding evidence of a lost da Vinci mural behind another mural in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio.


Mar 14, 2012

Times of India - "Da Vinci's lost mural found 'hidden' on wall"

Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings.