Public collections usually avoid showing works that are on the market, but expert claims the $450m picture was made available to museums and collectors before the 2011 exhibition

The stigma around state museums selling works means that other institutions dare not buy them; and a frank review of the National Gallery's Leonardo exhibition

At least 250 volumes in European languages have been published in 2019, the year that saw the world commemorate 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci's death

“Museum” features reproductions, artefacts and even Salvator Mundi pasta sauce

Several institutions have closed, others have cut back their opening times as protests against Macron's retirement reforms sweep the country

Artistic fraudsters are still pushing their luck—creating works ranging from the barely believable to the downright hilarious

This once in a lifetime retrospective has a freshness and coherence which appeals to public and scholar alike

New book hopes research of papers belonging to the king's physician will lead to further "eureka" moments

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia’s luxury vessel has unexpectedly circumnavigated Europe and docked in the Netherlands

We speak to co-curator Vincent Delieuvin about the 13 years of research that went into the show and discuss the latest twist in the Salvator Mundi saga with author Ben Lewis. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793

Exclusive photograph from the Paris museum shows the intended installation set up

We can also reveal that the $450m painting is described in the latest insurance documents as “attributed to” Leonardo rather than as a definitive autograph work

With a mass of the artist’s greatest works on its walls, the exhibition is a huge hit despite the non-appearance—so far—of the controversial painting

An Italian appellate court has overturned the ban on the loan of the celebrated drawing

Ahead of the blockbuster at the Musée du Louvre, we get an exclusive first read of the publication written by Martin Kemp, Robert Simon and Margaret Dalivalle

Forthcoming exhibition on the Renaissance master reveals ground-breaking new research on Italian literary sources

The ruling also suspends the wider agreement for the exchange of works of art between France and Italy

Paris museum's attempts to secure $450m Leonardo look doomed to failure, and the loser will be art history

Italian conservationists say they may attempt to block the loan of the famous drawing

Speculation remains over whether Salvator Mundi will appear

The Vitruvian Man—normally only shown for a few weeks every six years—will travel from Venice’s Gallerie dell'Accademia to Paris

We reveal the research and science behind the monograph exhibition exploring the Renaissance painter's artistic evolution

We revisit interviews about the headline-making auction of the famous painting, its origins and its present whereabouts

X-rays showing artist's original composition reveal that angel and Infant Christ were positioned higher up

What better way to boost its star power than by making it "disappear" for a few months?

The painting, long the subject of an attribution dispute, is now at the centre of a legal conflict over ownership

The Leonardo painting, which is seen by thousands of visitors each day, is temporarily leaving its home during renovations to the gallery

Museum officials say they still hope to include Salvator Mundi in major autumn show

New research suggests work could be a prototype of an idealised “Venus” portrait designed by Leonardo himself