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10 Most Expensive Paintings: Brushstrokes Of Value

In the world of contemporary art, a handful of paintings have attained legendary status through their staggering prices at auction. These masterpieces, spanning various eras and styles, epitomize artistic excellence and the vision of renowned creators.

International Business Times

Russian Billionaire Loses Lawsuit Against Sotheby's Over Art Deal

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev loses legal battle against Sotheby's over alleged art fraud. Jury sides with auction house in high-profile case.

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Activists Splash Soup On Glass-protected Mona Lisa

Two protesters on Sunday hurled soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in Paris, demanding the right to "healthy and sustainable food", an AFP journalist saw.

International Business Times

Protesters throw soup at Mona Lisa in Paris

Visitors at Louvre look on in shock as Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece attacked by environmental protesters

The Guardian - UK

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Russian billionaire who bought Trump’s mansion blames Sotheby’s after losing millions on art

Sotheby's is defending itself at a federal court trial against accusations that it participated in the defrauding of a Russian oligarch out of tens of millions of dollars for works by famed artists like Amedeo Modigliani and Leonardo da Vinci

The Independent UK

The Notebook by Roland Allen review – notes on living

From plans for flying machines to philosophy – the remarkable joy of jotting things down

The Guardian - UK

‘Perfect linearity’: why Botticelli’s drawing abilities remain one-of-a-kind

An expansive exhibition in San Francisco brings together the artist’s influential work, including five newly attributed pieces

The Guardian - US

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

French dealer sued for buying African mask ‘rarer than da Vinci painting’ for £130 and selling it for £3.7m

Gabon’s government demands rare artefact of ancestors be returned home: ‘This mask has a soul’

The Independent UK

No one can draw from life like David Hockney – but more than ever are trying

Growing numbers of hobbyists are attempting to emulate the artist and capture the truths of the human body at life drawing classes

The Guardian - UK

Drink, lechery and fellatio by snake: was the Renaissance a sexually subversive love-in?

From Bosch’s crazed party to the homoerotic images Michelangelo smuggled into the Vatican, this was an age of taboo-busting. And, as our writer argues in a new book, it sparked its own culture wars

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Scientists winkle a secret from the `Mona Lisa' about how Leonardo painted the masterpiece

The “Mona Lisa” has given up a secret

The Conversation

Art and science entwined: This course explores the long, interrelated history of two ways of seeing the world

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Independent UK

Vatican opens up a palazzo built on ancient Roman ruins and housing its highly secretive tribunals

The Vatican has opened the doors to one of Renaissance Rome’s most spectacular palazzos in a show of transparency

The Guardian - US

‘A towering figure’: celebrating the impact of art critic Leo Steinberg

A new book, The Circulating Lifeblood of Ideas, looks at the expansive collection and defining criticism of the ground-breaking art critic

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The week in audio: Under Cover of Knight; The Missing Madonna; The Trial of Lucy Letby; Four Sides of Seamus Heaney – review

A woman’s death in Texas is unexpectedly mundane and the nurse’s court case a little too lurid. But there’s lots to love in the true story of a stolen Leonardo and a portrait of the Irish poet

The Guardian - UK

‘Unparalleled treasure trove’ of 16th-century texts worth $25m up for auction

The collection of T Kimball Brooker comprises more than 1,300 texts, including an early edition of Leonardo da Vinci’s treatise on painting

The Guardian - UK

Understanding the Renaissance with the Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones

Journey through the remarkable creativity and convulsive change of the Renaissance via Bosch and da Vinci, with the Guardian’s art critic Jonathan JonesOnline workshopDate: Tuesday 17 October 2023Time: 6pm-8pm (BST)Catch up recording available

The Guardian - UK

Sex toys, rugs and Barbie dolls: does posthumous use of artists’ work risk cheapening their legacies?

Brands love to use the work of late, great artists just as much as late, great artists’ estates like to cash in. But that hasn’t stopped a slew of Succession-size squabbles

The Guardian - UK

Windrush heroes, knotted ropes and Macca’s Beatles snaps – the week in art

Leonor Antunes gets knotted, Carrie Mae Weems questions Black representation and Paul McCartney shares his early adventures with the Fab Four

The Hindu

Science for All | What is da Vinci glow?

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Priyali Prakash writes on the ‘da Vinci glow’ that would be visible around the new moon

The Guardian - UK

Starwatch: Earthshine lends the moon a glow

Phenomenon caused by sunlight reflecting off Earth was first explained by Leonardo da Vinci in 16th century

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