Leonardo da Vinci
REWRITING HISTORY
RENAISSANCE MAN
THE REAL DEAL?
New documentary ‘The Lost Leonardo’ traces the bizarre journey of ‘Salvator Mundi,’ a painting thought to be by Da Vinci that was bought for a record $450M by a notorious murderer.
COMFORT OF HOMELAND
Luckily, today, we can enjoy a taste of authentic Italy without ever getting on a plane.
THE EYES HAVE IT
Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Mona Lisa hangs in the Louvre. But a second, earlier painting is at the heart of a multi-million-dollar battle to prove its authenticity and ownership.
WHERE ART THOU
A report that ‘Salvator Mundi’ is on the yacht of the Saudi crown prince is likely just another false lead in the mystery of the world’s most expensive painting.
Money Go Round
On Monday, Nikolas Bentel will auction a Robert Rauschenberg print he has destroyed by creating a new work on top of it. His aim: to illustrate a larger point about art and value.
Lost Masterpieces
Two authors claim that Da Vinci and his workshop created a copy of “The Last Supper,” which has hung unidentified for over 350 years in a remote corner of Belgium. Until now.
Salvator Mundi
The Russian oligarch who hid a fortune in art to keep it from his wife, only for his buyer to steal much of that fortune from him, may have just had the last laugh.