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From da Vinci to Bosch, the 10 Most Googled Paintings of 2020
The list of artworks is based on data from 155 different countries.
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Sections of Salvator Mundi Not Part of Leonardo’s Original Design, Research Suggests
Two recent investigations of “Salvator Mundi,” including one conducted by the Louvre, now offer new avenues for skepticism.
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A Pristine 16th-Century Reproduction of the “Last Supper” Has Been Digitized
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the “Last Supper” has faded and cracked over time, but an accurate reproduction likely made by one of his pupils reveals details you may have missed.
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Night at the Museum: Louvre Will Stay Open From Dusk ’Til Dawn for Last Days of Leonardo Blockbuster
The museum is offering visitors a last chance to view its massive survey of the Italian master’s works, offering free admission from 9pm to 8:30am.
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The Pursuit of Art, 2019
MoMA’s recognition of modernism’s multiverse, alongside artist-led drives for greater transparency on the part of museums and their boards, brought a twinge of optimism to the close of the year.
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A Peek Into Some of the Best Art Books of 2019
Paula Rego, John Ruskin, Donald Judd, Lucian Freud, Hokusai, and, yes, Leonardo da Vinci.
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When Leonardo da Vinci Just Isn’t Enough
Leonardo’s “Virgin” meets virtual reality — simpleminded in the extreme.
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Leonardo da Vinci, Lost at the Louvre
What exactly is the matter with this exhibition? We had expected to be excited from the start, but we are not.
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The Hidden Secrets of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Virgin of the Rocks”
Advanced imaging techniques have revealed Leonardo’s original design to be vastly different from the final product.
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Leonardo and His Double
Leonardo da Vinci would have found a deep connection to the ostracism of Saint Jerome at the hands of the envious and the hypocritical.
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Mona Lisa, Revisited: History’s Symbol and Muse
With his Mona Lisa Earth Series, Naoto Nakagawa puts Leonardo’s mysteriously grinning subject through a ringer of styles and technical treatments in ambitious, complex images.