A highly controversial portrait believed by some art experts to be a "younger version" of the Mona Lisa currently hanging in the Louvre will be displayed today in Geneva to coincide with the publication of a book claiming it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci over a decade earlier.
An Italian researcher claims Leonardo DaVinci used his apprentice and gay lover Gian Giacomo Caprotti as the model for the Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world. We did always think her hands were kind of large.
1. Hear Lou Reed at the Union Square Barnes & Noble.
2. Catch Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the China Club.
3. View Leonardo da Vinci's drawings at the Met.