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A Collector’s Portfolio Turns Up an Unknown Leonardo da Vinci Sketch

The drawing stood out to a curator at a Paris auction house, who, after consulting other experts, determined that it is indeed a work by the hand of the Renaissance artist.

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McDonald's Daring Homage to Contemporary Art

When you see art in everything.

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An Irish Artist and a Canadian Activist Join the Ranks of Women on Currency

Designer and architect Eileen Gray appears on a new commemorative coin from the Central Bank of Ireland, and civil rights activist Viola Desmond will be on Canada's new $10 bill.

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The Art World Called It: Greenery Is Pantone's Color of the Year

The perennial paint purveyor is championing "a fresh and zesty yellow-green shade that evokes the first days of spring" as the defining tone of 2017.

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British MP Thinks the 2016 Turner Prize Winner Doesn't Measure Up to the Victorians

The former British Education Secretary thinks the new Turner Prize winner isn't as great as the prize's namesake.

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Critics Say Proposed Helsinki Guggenheim May Cost Taxpayers Over 100 million Euros

Critics say the proposed Guggenheim Helsinki project would cost Finnish citizens over 100 million Euros, but the museum foundation disputes those figures.

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35-Year-Old Brit Crowned World’s Best van Gogh Look-alike

A man named Daniel Baker has won the "I am Vincent" competition launched by artist and writer Douglas Coupland over the summer.

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Ancient Tableau of Boats Found in Egypt

Archeologists have recently discovered 120 drawings of boats in an Ancient Egyptian tomb that would've once housed a 65-foot-long vessel.

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Jeff Koons Gifts a Big Bouquet of Ugly to the French

"Bouquet of Tulips" is intended as a gesture of Franco-American solidarity following last year's terrorist attacks in the French capital.

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Fox News Host Buys an Anti-Obama Painting [UPDATED]

Sean Hannity claims he will gift conservative artist Jon McNaughton's iconic 2010 canvas "The Forgotten Man" to the president-elect.

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In Response to Trump's Election, Artist Asked the Whitney Museum to Turn Her Work Upside-Down

“Left Right Left Right (1995), a piece by Annette Lemieux at the Whitney Museum that consists of 30 images of raised fists, has been turned upside-down at the artist's request.

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Archaeologists Find 2,800-Year-Old Sarcophagus of an Ancient Court Advisor

The exquisitely decorated coffin was discovered near the pharaonic temple of Thutmose III and still contains the remains of its owner.