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Even post Covid, the London iteration of the art fair remains a rich gallimaufry, finds Alastair Sooke

It’s hard to miss the art being shown in the London fairs this fall. It’s in the park, online and even in a gallery in Mayfair.

Welcome to this year's Artlyst Frieze Week 2021 printable pull-out Guide. This is our curated choice of events not to miss.

Two new documentaries delve into the ongoing saga of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi in a moment when true art crime stories are at their peak, writes Caryn James.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s galleries for its world-renowned collection of European Old Master paintings from the 13th through the early 19th century will reopen on May 23 after an extensive re | eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Early in “The Lost Leonardo,” there is one of those whoa! moments that can...

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A clash of wills keeps a Leonardo masterpiece hidden Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. The anonymous buyer of the “Salvator Mundi” was found to be acting as a surrogate for the kingdom’s de facto ruler, Salman. Erin Schaff/The New York Times. by David D. Kirkpatrick and Elaine Sciolino NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- French curators had worked for a decade to prepare a major exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonard...

WhatsApp EVEN BY THE standards of blockbuster shows, “Leonardo da Vinci” promised to be one to remember. The exhibition, which ran for four months from October 2019, marked the 500th anniversary of the master’s death and was hosted at the Louvre, a museum which owns more of the painter’s work than any other institution. Two years earlier a recently rediscovered artwork of Jesus Christ by da Vinci had fetched $450m at auction, a record sum. Dubbed the “male Mona Lisa”, “Salvator Mu...

A row has broken out after a new documentary on the worlds most expensive painting, the Salvator Mundi, claimed that the Musée du Louvre doubted the paintings attribution as a 100% autograph work by Leonardo da Vinci. Although the museum has not publicly commented on the films assertions, an unpublished booklet on the Louvres scientific examination of the painting has been leaked to several media outlets, contradicting the films conclusions. In the film, The Savior for Sale, broadcast on Fr...