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Leonardo Cartoon was ‘presentation drawing’ in Florence commission bid

The Art Newspaper

Leonardo’s largest known drawing was hung with the Mona Lisa in his studio, says Per Rumberg, the curator of the Royal Academy’s Florentine Old Masters exhibition opening this month

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As part of a new campaign, David Hockney is encouraging the nation to get drawing

The Art Newspaper

The artist's Draw! project is part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture

Drawings 334
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From Titian’s ostrich to Leonardo’s wild man: the Royal Collection explores how drawing influenced the Italian Renaissance

The Art Newspaper

In a new exhibition at the King's Gallery, over 160 works will explore how drawing “became the laboratory” for the new Renaissance style

Drawings 303
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Italian Renaissance drawings show at Buckingham Palace includes Titian study never seen in Britain

The Art Newspaper

Works by Raphael and Leonardo will also be featured in the London exhibition, which aims to reconsider artists of the period as draughtsmen, in addition to painters or sculptors

Drawings 353
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Abstract art draws in the crowds in Germany

The Art Newspaper

Over 60,000 visitors have flocked to the Museum Reinhard Ernst in Wiesbaden, Germany, in its first 100 days

Drawings 301
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Newly discovered drawings in Pompeii indicate children saw bloody gladiators in action

The Art Newspaper

Charcoal sketches highlight they ‘witnessed battles in the amphitheatre’, says park director

Drawings 342
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Billionaire collector Thomas Kaplan to sell Rembrandt lion drawing to raise funds for wildlife conservation

The Art Newspaper

Young Lion Resting, which went on show in Amsterdam this week, could approach a record price for a work on paper at auction next year

Drawings 331