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Legal row could finally force mystery artist Banksy to reveal his real name

Two art collectors are taking legal action against artist over his ‘refusal’ to confirm the authenticity of one of his famous images

The Guardian - UK

Perfect parabolas of spurting blood! Did Galileo teach Artemisia the science of gore?

Her savage masterpiece Judith Beheading Holofernes shows in gruesome detail what happens when a man is butchered alive. But how did Gentileschi manage to be so accurate? Our writer explores a centuries-old mystery

The Guardian - UK

The Inventor review – Leonardo da Vinci animation explores the great artist’s later life

Stephen Fry donnishly voices the Italian genius in this somewhat storyless family film about his life and explorations

The Guardian - UK

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‘The greatest genius ever’: remarkable Leonardo da Vinci manuscripts to go on show in Australia

From a retractable bridge to the famous flying machine, the Codex Atlanticus offers a gateway into the brilliance of Leonardo’s mind

The Guardian - AU

Exploring The World's Top 10 Famous Art Masterpieces

Explore iconic paintings by da Vinci, van Gogh, and Picasso, each with unique styles and themes.

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Activists vandalize Mona Lisa with soup in Paris protest

Discover how activists attempted to vandalize Leonardo da Vinci's iconic painting, the Mona Lisa, with pumpkin soup in a protest for sustainable food.

International Business Times

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - 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 - US

‘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 - UK

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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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

The “Mona Lisa” has given up a secret

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