The painting is known as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World). It is the highest auction price for any work of art and brought cheers and applause at the packed Christie's auction room.

Salvator Mundi, a painting linked to Leonardo da Vinci, and completed around 1500, became the most expensive artwork ever sold when it went for $450.3 million at Christie’s auction in New York ...

Last year, Leonardo da Vinci's Salvatore Mundi sold for $450m (£350m) and confirmed works by Michelangelo would have valuers dreaming of such huge numbers. The sculptures, known as the Rothschild ...

Though not nearly as comprehensive as the beloved, 11-hour BBC drama, this glossy, economical adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's popular 1945 novel does manage to tell the entire tale of Charles Ryder ...

Drawn a single sheet of vellum, the Mappa Mundi reflects the medieval church with Jerusalem at the centre of the worldThe Hereford Mappa Mundi is an outstanding treasure of the medieval world ...

Unlike Alberto Falcone and Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, who made their DC Comics debut the classic 1996 series Batman: The Long Halloween, Salvatore Maroni’s debut predates them by decades.

Kevin McCloud follows the building of eight extraordinary new projects along with revisiting three former builds as we watch intrepid self-builders push the boundaries of what modern architecture can ...

Allentoft, Morten E. Sikora, Martin Refoyo-Martínez, Alba Irving-Pease, Evan K. Fischer, Anders Barrie, William Ingason, Andrés Stenderup, Jesper Sjögren, Karl ...

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The global economy has suffered successive shocks in recent years. In this environment, a priority for the IMF is to ensure that the global financial safety net and IMF lending vehicles are equipped ...

Gonzaga was at the epicenter of the conference realignment world on Tuesday, formally joining the reconstructed Pac-12 Conference as its eighth member, and only nonfootball member. With its future ...

Former Italy and Juventus forward Salvatore Schillaci has died at the age of 59. Schillaci, more commonly known as ‘Toto’, won the Golden Boot award for most goals at the 1990 World Cup ...