Drawings

Scholars divided over Leonardo attribution

Simon C. Dickinson Ltd is now the owner of Madonna and Child with St Anne and a Lamb, having reimbursed Nasser Kazeminy for the $7m he paid. If authentic, the gallery stands to make a profit, but if not then its value as an anonymous drawing is modest. So where did the drawing come from—and is it the real thing?

Leonardo case exposes back-room deals

A court ruling over commission on the sale of a drawing has revealed a complex web of payments

Queen to send Leonardos on UK tour

Celebrating Prince Charles' 60th with 10 of the master's best works

Viennaarchive

Albertina to reopen its collection to scholars—finally

The institution has installed an impressive high-tech robotic system to store and retrieve its holdings of prints and drawings

Drawingsarchive

Drawing in the age of the pickled shark: BBC's new programme on drawing from the Renaissance to today

Surgeons and contemporary artists are still inspired by the draughtsmanship of Leonardo and Turner

Museumsarchive

MoMA appoints new chief curator of drawings

Cornelia H. Butler, previously at the LA Museum of Contemporary Art, scores the role

Art marketarchive

Fritz the Cat comic drawings hot on the art market, but highly rare

Robert Crumb, the creator, is now a cult figure in the contemporary art market

Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and manuscripts at the Louvre

Many items on display have not been exhibited since 1952

Art fairsarchive

Salon du Dessin is what a fair should be

A host of related events make this a “must” for drawings collectors

Leonardo da Vinci on the divine and the grotesque at the Queen's Gallery

Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, plays host to highlights from the Royal Collection

Leonardo da Vinci the master draughtsman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A new exhibition takes a closer look at Leonardo's work on paper

Toba Khedoori's paper plains on show at David Zwirner

The artist's sprawling works will be on view until 16 November

British Museum Old Master drawings subject to restitution claim

Four drawings are being claimed by the heir of a Nazism victim

Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci from the Royal Collection go on Golden Jubilee tour

The Queen's collection begin their celebratory journey in Graves Art Gallery Sheffield

Now you see it, now you don’t: restorers wash Leonardo drawing away

Catastrophe strikes as restorers use routine conservation method

Art fairsarchive

Paris Museums support drawings fair Salon de Dessin for the first time

Special viewings arranged for expected international collectors

Tatearchive

One-way transfer of 19th-century works from Tate to British Museum planned

All 19th-century European drawings and watercolours in the Tate’s collection will be loaned to the BM, with the possibility of transferring ownership entirely

“Overcoming all obstacles: Women of the Académie Julian”

Exhibition shows at Dixon Gallery, Memphis, 9 July-24 September

The first museum show devoted to the Académie Julian

This provided women artists with vital instruction in life-drawing

Leonardo reunited in Cambridge

The Fitzwilliam acquires the missing half of its 'A rider on a rearing horse'

What's onarchive

What's on in London: Glass extravagance at Mallett's and Richard Green’s cabinet of Dutch delights

Also on show are Ewan Uglow’s precise drawings at Browse and Darby and the diverse talents of Underwood at the Redfern Gallery

Dia Center shows Beuys taking notes on Leonardo

Beuys drawings based on the Renaissance master’s famous Codices Madrid show revolutionary artist experimenting with the ideas of another

Bacon's rare drawings to go on show at the Tate

The Tate unveils its previously unknown Bacon drawings to the world while two US museums present new views of the blockbuster British artist

Booksarchive

Books: Carlo James explores the history of art conservation

A critical look at old and new conservation and preservation techniques