Leonardo da Vinci

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Hermitage Museum to Sell Monet, Leonardo Paintings as NFTs

The sale will also include NFTs of works by Vincent van Gogh and Wassily Kandinsky.

By
Tessa Solomon
Jul 27, 2021 1:20 pm

Leonardo da Vinci's 'Head of a Bear' (around 1480).

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$12.2 M. Leonardo Sets Record, White House Has Ethics Plan for Hunter Biden’s Art, and More: Morning Links for July 9, 2021

Here's what we're reading this morning.

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The Editors of ARTnews
Jul 9, 2021 9:46 am

Two gray haired people bend down to inspect a painting laid flat on a table

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‘The Lost Leonardo’ Trailer: Preview a New Documentary About the Rediscovery of ‘Salvator Mundi’

The new documentary will premiere in New York and Los Angeles on August 13.

By
Maximilíano Durón
Jul 8, 2021 12:00 pm

View of the Miami Beach Convention Center, where Art Basel Miami Beach is held.

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Leonardo Owner Fights France for Export License, Miami Basel Will Arrive Early, and More: Morning Links for July 8, 2021

Here's what we're reading this morning.

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The Editors of ARTnews
Jul 8, 2021 9:20 am

Visitors look at a portrait drawing of Italian Renaissance painter, scientist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci during a permanent exhibition on Da Vinci, on the exact day commemorating the 500th anniversary of his death, in Rome, Thursday, May 2, 2019. Leonardo died in Amboise, France, on May 2, 1519. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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New Research Uncovers Leonardo Da Vinci’s Living Descendants

Historians Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato worked for years to identify at least 14 living descendants who could unlock the keys Leonardo's DNA.

By
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei
Jul 7, 2021 1:27 pm

Inspection of the Salvator Mundi at the National Gallery, London.

Reviews

‘The Lost Leonardo’ Documentary Thrillingly Takes on the Salvator Mundi Saga

Andreas Koefoed's documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend.

By
Maximilíano Durón
Jun 13, 2021 6:30 pm

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Small-Scale da Vinci Drawing Expected to Set New Auction Record This Summer

The work, Head of a Bear, could fetch over $16 million at Christie's in July.

By
Tessa Solomon
May 11, 2021 3:45 pm

Architect Helmut Jahn stands in front of a photo of Chicago O'Hare Airport at the Neues Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, 2012.

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Architect Helmut Jahn Dies, Rare Leonardo Drawing Could Break Record, and More: Morning Links from May 10, 2021

Here's what we're reading this morning.

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The Editors of ARTnews
May 10, 2021 9:36 am

Artists

Unpublished Dalí Drawings Shed Light on Surrealist’s Connections to Works by Old Masters

Dalí's 1955 painting 'The Sacrament of the Last Supper' was influenced by Leonardo's famed composition.

By
Claire Selvin
Feb 22, 2021 1:19 pm

File photo dated November 3, 2017 of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi painting on display at a press preview at Christie's in New York City, NY, USA. Da Vinci painting has been sold at auction for more than $450m (£341m), making it the most expensive piece of art ever sold under the hammer. Salvator Mundi, the last Da Vinci in private hands, sold for exactly $450,312,500 at Christie's in Manhattan, New York, on Wednesday November 15, 2017. The 26-inch-tall painting dates from around 1500 and is believed to show Christ dressed in Renaissance-style robes, his right hand raised in blessing as his left hand holds a crystal sphere. Photo by Dennis Van Tine/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)

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Italian Police Recover Copy of Salvator Mundi Taken from Naples Museum

The work is one of 20 surviving copies of the famed 'Salvator Mundi.'

By
Tessa Solomon
Jan 19, 2021 2:46 pm