News Sale of $1.4 M. Forged Leonardo da Vinci Painting Foiled by Customs Officers After analysis authorities said the painting's value was actually between €3,000 and €5,000. By Daniel Cassady Aug 13, 2024 10:15 am
News Drag Queen Performance at Paris Olympics Draws Comparisons to ‘Last Supper’ The ceremony's artistic director said he was neither alluding to Leonardo nor mocking Christianity. By Daniel Cassady Jul 29, 2024 12:30 pm
News ‘Mona Lisa’ Was Not Stolen from Italy, Leonardo da Vinci Expert Says: ‘We Need to Get the History Right’ A prominent Egyptian archaeologist said last week that he'd try to bring the Leonardo painting back to Italy. By Alex Greenberger Jul 29, 2024 10:50 am
News EU Court Says Getty Should Return Ancient Greek Bronze to Italy, Kyiv ‘Derussifies’ Monument, Da Vinci Gets Biopic, and More: Morning Links for May 3, 2024 Here's what we're reading this morning. By The Editors of ARTnews May 3, 2024 9:00 am
News Leonardo da Vinci to Get the Hollywood Treatment from ‘All of Us Strangers’ Director The film is being adapted from a 2017 book about the artist by Walter Isaacson. By Alex Greenberger May 2, 2024 3:03 pm
Artists 6 Times the Mona Lisa Was Vandalized or Stolen The painting has been hit with a rock and a tea cup, caked, and splashed with soup. By Alex Greenberger Jan 28, 2024 11:15 am
News French Man Wins Years-Long Battle To Sell $15.6 M. Leonardo Da Vinci Drawing The drawing's owner turned down a $10 million offer on behalf of the Louvre for his drawing. By Daniel Cassady Oct 24, 2023 11:11 am
News Scientists Detect Rare Chemical Compound in ‘Mona Lisa,’ Illuminating Leonardo’s Process Studying the atomic structure of the paint used in its first layer revealed an unusual chemical compound. By Tessa Solomon Oct 11, 2023 4:21 pm
News Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia Wins Image Rights to Michelangelo’s ‘David’ This is not the first time the gallery has sought legal action against companies who have used images of artworks in their possession. By Daniel Cassady May 31, 2023 4:35 pm
News Italian Historian Claims Bridge in Background of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa Is from Small Town in Tuscany Silvano Vincenti said the bridge was the Romito di Laterina, an Etruscan-Roman structure in the Italian province of Arezzo. By Karen K. Ho May 4, 2023 2:16 pm
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