The small storefront institution, devoted to objects and ephemera related to the most expensive painting ever sold, will reopen soon

Could the long-lost work end up in a Saudi museum run by ex-British Museum chief?

Moore, who is also an executive producer on the series, will star as art restorer Dianne Modestini

Experts predict few operational changes after Sotheby’s wins fraud trial

The billionaire had sought at least $190m in damages from Sotheby's related to deals with Yves Bouvier. Instead, he will get nothing

The art market ‘trial of the century’ has transitioned from courtroom drama to bureaucratic headache

Plus, Singapore's art scene and a photograph by Zanele Muholi

Auction mastermind Loïc Gouzer reveals why a cab driver's name was a very good omen

The Russian oligarch had accused the Swiss businessman of swindling him out of €1.1bn by overcharging him on art

The star auctioneer is leaving Christie's after 38 years to share his experience "with a new generation of collectors"

The Mona Lisa and Van Gogh’s Starry Night have also been released as digital assets

An extract from a new publication about collectors by Dani Levinas features rare insights from the chair of Qatar Museums

Italian government approves display of sculptural icon in new boarding area

New York judge rules the auction house must face trial as part of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s art fraud lawsuit

Painting might be older than catalogued thanks to one particular detail

Despite headline figures of record sales, is the art world's bull market coming to an end?

Culture is being used by Saudi Arabia to project an image of a state that “enriches lives, celebrates national identity and builds understanding between people”

Dated to a century after Leonardo's death, the work does not come from the artist's studio

There was an "open-minded and collegiate atmosphere" during scholarly proceedings in Leipzig, notably untouched by Leonardo "politics"

The Art Newspaper charts the existence of the world's most expensive work of art, from 1478 to today

Respected textiles scholar and dealer Michael Franses was employed in 2009, by one of the syndicate who owned the painting, to offer it for sale to a handful of the world's leading museums

Martin Clayton, the Royal Collection Trust's head of prints and drawings presented his research at a major conference in Leipzig

The story of the "Léonard de Vinci. Le Salvator Mundi" publication that was withdrawn from sale

At the record-breaking sale at Christie's New York on 15 November 2017, the audience gasped and whooped as if they were at a very exclusive firework display

Warranties of authenticity offered to buyers can be hard to enforce when auctioneers can fall back on the “generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts”

The painting has not been seen in public since it was allegedly bought by the Saudi Crown Prince for $450m in 2017—but the art historian Martin Kemp suggests it may soon be brought "into the light"

For decades Russian billionaires were feted for their free spending on the arts. Now, they are officially personae non gratae. But what of the other individuals and regimes with dubious reputations?

Robert B. Simon, the New York dealer who earlier had an interest in the $450m painting, questions our front-page article about a Prado catalogue downgrading the work from a fully authenticated Leonardo

Publication for Mona Lisa show puts the painting in category of works that are attributed to, or authorised or supervised by the Renaissance master