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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 · Dec 1, 2023

‘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 · Nov 29, 2023

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 · Nov 29, 2023

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 Conversation · Sep 20, 2023

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 Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

‘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

The Guardian - US · Sep 5, 2023

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 · Aug 26, 2023

‘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 · Aug 11, 2023

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 · Aug 8, 2023

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 · Aug 4, 2023