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In 2007, the woman believed to be the Mona Lisa was traced to her final resting place in Italy

Lisa Gherardini, the woman long believed to be the real Mona Lisa, is back in the spotlight after historic Florence records identified her reported final resting place. The newly highlighted documents have revived one of art history's biggest mysteries surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. While many historians see the…

The Economic Times · Aug 2

Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with

When a 5-inch-by-4-inch red chalk drawing of a woman’s foot by Michelangelo sold at auction for US$27.2 million on Feb. 5, 2026, it blew past the $1.5 million to $2 million it was expected to receive.

The Conversation · Feb 23

Did Leonardo da Vinci paint a nude Mona Lisa? I may have just solved this centuries-old mystery

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9

Corridor of power: the Medicis’ cross-river Florence walkway opens to public

Tourists can now use 16th-century passageway over the Arno, whose windows were enlarged when Hitler visited

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo: who is the greatest of the Renaissance masters?

Ahead of a new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, writers make a case for each of Renaissance art’s big three, from the secretive genius of Leonardo to Raphael’s beguiling brilliance and the space-filling majesty of Michelangelo

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024

The new Wolf Hall? Bitter rivalries in Renaissance Florence coming to BBC

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty examines the struggle between Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024

Degas at the circus, Emin’s rebirth and rococo inspo – the week in art

Richard Wright hits Glasgow, London Gallery Weekend brings the glamour and fashion photography claims its place as art

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024

Pesellino review – a lost star of the Florentine Renaissance shines again

National Gallery, LondonFrancesco Pesellino died young and this show only fills a single room. But it’s a room bursting with life, where bold, radical colours bloom in narrative scenes crammed with activity

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023

The Isleworth Mona Lisa: have Leonardo da Vinci fans worshipped the wrong portrait for centuries?

Some argue this painting depicts the artist’s subject in her younger years and is the first version of his iconic work. Others are less convinced

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

Mantegna: The Triumphs of Caesar – you can hear the trumpets and smell the elephant dung

The full glory of ancient Rome blazes once more in this grand, yet very human, exhibition of paintings on loan from the royal collection

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2023