Oct 18, 2009

El Pais (Spain) - "A la caza del 'leonardo' perdido"

The Spanish newspaper quotes CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini as saying, 'I have slept many nights in this hall,' referring to the Hall of the 500 in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The title translates as, 'In search of the lost Leonardo.' (In Spanish)


Oct 7, 2009

ARTINFO - "Scholars Hunt for Lost Leonardo in Florence"

The journal reports that CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini led a group of scientists in mapping the Palazzo Vecchio Hall of the 500, also using radar imaging technology to study the wall on which a Giorgio Vasari mural may be hiding the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, the Battle of Anghiari.


Oct 6, 2009

New York Times - "A High-Tech Hunt for Lost Art"

In the science section, writer John Tierney reports that, 'If you believe, as Maurizio Seracini does, that Leonardo da Vinci's greatest painting is hidden inside a wall in Florence's city hall, then there are two essential techniques for finding it. As usual, Leonardo anticipated both of them.'


Feb 20, 2009

Il Corriere della Sera (Italy) - "Io, Leonardo, 500 anni dopo vi mostro come lavoravan I gei"

Ludovica Zarrilli profiles MIT researcher Leonardo Amerigo Bonanni, noting that Bonanni and CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini jointly created software that is a 'virtual encyclopedia about restoration.' (In Italian)


Dec 18, 2008

Voice of San Diego - "Uncovering the Secrets of Khan, da Vinci and Solomon's Mines"

David Washburn reports for the Voice of San Diego on various efforts in CISA3 to use technology tools in and apply them to finding and studying great works of art, historic structures and archaeological artifacts and dig sites.


Jul 11, 2008

Wall Street Journal - "The Search for the Hidden da Vinci"

Columnist Robert Lee Hotz reports on the latest plans for confirming the discovery of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece behind a wall in the Palazzo Vecchio. Hotz quotes CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini as saying, 'If we succeed, we will not only have a way to find the Leonardo, but we will have a technology that could detect murals worldwide.'


Apr 20, 2008

CBS 60 Minutes - "The Lost Leonardo da Vinci"

Morley Safer profiles the work of CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini, including the art detective's quest to find a lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, the Battle of Anghiari.


Apr 10, 2008

Wall Street Journal - "An Engineer Takes on the Art Experts"

Writer Francis X. Rocca interviews CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini, and notes that he 'may be on the verge of one of the most spectacular art historical finds of recent times: the rediscovery of a masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.'


Mar 16, 2008

National Public Radio - "High-Tech Hunt Aims to Find Missing Da Vinci Mural"

Rome correspondent Sylvia Poggioli reports on the search for the "Battle of Anghiari" mural by UC San Diego-based Maurizio Seracini. [Online article and streaming audio]


Mar 10, 2008

InToscana (Italy) - "Un film sulla ricerca della Battagli di Anghiari di Leonardo"

Report on the agreement for National Geographic Society to work with Calit2's CISA3 and the City of Florence on the Battle of Anghiari project. [Includes 3-minute Flash Video report, both in Italian]


Mar 5, 2008

ANI News Agency - "Mystery of Da Vinci's lost masterpiece close to being cracked"

Mystery of a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci is close to being cracked.


Mar 4, 2008

Daily Telegraph (UK) - "Mystery of Leonardo's lost work 'almost solved'"

Malcolm Moore reports from Rome on the effort to find the 'Battle of Anghiari' mural, led by CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini.


Mar 3, 2008

La Nazione (Italy) - "La ricerca dell Battaglia di Anghiari raccontata in un documentario"

The city of Florence and National Geographic Society announced a 5-year agreement, including plans for a TV documentary about the Anghiari project led by UCSD CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini. (In Italian)


Mar 3, 2008

Corriere Fiorentino (Italy) - "Battaglia di Anghiari, scoperti i colori di Leonardo: si cerca il blu intenso"

Reporter Chiara Dino reports on the announcement of an agreement with National Geographic, to support a project led by CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini, to find the long-lost Leonardo masterpiece, the 'Battle of Anghiari'. (In Italian)


Feb 23, 2008

Daily Telegraph (UK) - "Hi-tech Indiana Jones hunt for Leonardo da Vinci secrets"

New York correspondent Philip Sherwell makes Maurizio Seracini, CISA3 and UCSD the centerpiece of his feature on efforts to discover lost, historic wonders of the world.


2007 Archive

November 29 Il Sole 24 Ore
Battaglia di Anghiari: la caccia al capolavoro di Maurizio Seracini

November 22  El País (Spain)
Seracini, el único personaje real de 'El Código da Vinci', busca un 'leonardo'

November 17 AGI Agenzia Italia (Italy)
Arte: WSJ, ‘Battaglia di Anghiari’ tra le 7 meraviglie perdute

November 16 Chicago Daily Herald (US)
Many of history's most famous shipwrecks, relics are still lost


November 9 Wall Street Journal (US)
[click on interactive map, then on 'The Battle of Anghiari']
7 Missing Wonders

October 31 TF1 Television (France) Video Only
La bataille d'Anghiari de Léonard de Vinci retrouvée?

October 25 Washington Times (US)
High-tech search for da Vinci fresco

October 24 Wired News (US)
Neutron Beams Search for Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece

ctober 23 La Repubblica (Italy)
Entro un anno la verità sull'affresco di Leonardo

October 23 La Nazione (Italy)
Al via la caccia all'Anghiari di Leonardo

October 22 Il Messaggero (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari, caccia nucleare all'affresco

October 22 AGNKronos (Italy)
Giorni contati per il mistero della 'Battaglia di Anghiari'

October 22 AGI News (Italy)
Battaglia Anghiari: Rutelli, Un Anno per Svelare Enigma

October 22 Associated Press (US)
Engineers to Search for Leonardo Fresco

October 22 Forbes (US)
Engineers to Search for Leonardo Fresco

October 22 Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Palazzo Vecchio, caccia al Leonardo sparito

October 10 Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy)
Sponsor in coda per il segreto di Leonardo

October 9 L'Espresso (Italy)
Neutroni per svelare Leonardo

October 9 La Repubblica (Italy)
Tecnologia militare segreta per scoprire Leonardo

September 22 Il Giornale (Italy)
«Battaglia di Anghiari»: saranno 4 gli sponsor

July 30 KGTV Channel 8 CBS (US)
Superimposed Last Supper Reveals New Figures

July 2 People Magazine
The Da Vinci Detective

June 12 These Days -- KPBS Radio
Art Detective Reveals Lost Da Vinci Fresco


June 11 InToscana.com (Italy)
Premiato in California l´esperto della "Battaglia di Anghiari"

June 8 Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
Wer Leonardo sucht, der findet

May 19 La Nazione (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari’ Diciotto mesi per le risposte

May 11 La Nazione (Italy)
Così ritroverò la Battaglia

May 6 Il Sole (Italy)
Cercare la Battaglia

April 19 Currents (US)
Maurizio Seracini works to improve art conservation

March 23 La Nazione (Italy)
Palazzo Vecchio si prepara alla caccia tecnologica della «Battaglia di Anghiari»

March 22 InToscana.it (Italy)
Arte: riprenderà in estate la caccia alla Battaglia di Anghiari

March 22 Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari, la troveremo senza rompere il muro

March 14 L'Espresso (Italy)
Leonardo sotto scorta

March 12 UCSD Guardian (US)
'Renaissance Man' Fuses Culture, Science at New Center'

February 28 The San Diego Union-Tribune
He uses science in the pursuit of art

February 19 Herald Sun (Australia)
Expert Close to Cracking Da Vinci Code

February 9  New York Times
A Real-Life Mystery: The Hunt for the Lost Leonardo

February 12 Time Magazine
Cracking a Real-Life Da Vinci Code

February 1  The Independent (UK)
Da Vinci sleuth invited to find lost masterpiece

January 30  Reuters
Art sleuth looks for lost Da Vinci masterpiece

January 15 New York Times
Leonardo Quest to Resume

January 10  ANSA (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari: un giallo che affascina da 500 anni



2006 Archive

December 7  The Washington Times
Gift of the Magi

December 6  Reuters
Rare Da Vinci sketch displayed in Washington

November 2  The Florentine
An interview with Maurizio Seracini, the man behind the real Da Vinci mystery

October 3  La Nazione (Italy)
‘ Battaglia di Anghiari’, una ricerca che va conclusa

October 2 Time Magazine
A grand tour

October 1 Il Giornale dell’Arte (Italy)
Il tecnico: prima di decidere fare una vera «cartella clinica»

August 27 The Observer (UK)
Fresh start in lost Leonardo quest

August 28  Il Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Mantegna a Mantova, Leonardo a Tokio

May 29  United Press International
Hidden sketches in da Vinci piece revealed

May 27 The Times (UK)
Revealed: the Leonardo cover-up hidden by monks for 500 years

May 22 The Herald (Australia)
Da Vinci broken by the code

May 20 Channel 4 (UK)
The Da Vinci Detective

May 16  The Times (UK)
On the trail of the lost Leonardo

May 16  Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
Da Vinci Code character appears in flesh and blood

February 24 La Stampa (Italy)
L’Architetto Umanista Avrebbe Partecipato

February 6 This Week @ UCSD
Da Vinci Decoded

2005 Archive