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The Lost Leonardo is the first art-world documentary I’ve seen that captures what art becomes once it goes through the looking glass of greed: not just a commodity, but a way of transferring and manipulating power.
Full reviewIn 2008, a few of the world’s most distinguished Leonardo Da Vinci experts gathered around an easel at the National Gallery in London to examine a mysterious painting - an unassuming Salvator Mundi (Latin for Savior of the World) - found in a shady New Orleans auction house, that a select few believed to be a long-forgotten masterwork by Leonardo Da Vinci. That day, Salvator Mundi was authenticated as being the creation of Da Vinci himself, and thus, one of the most beguiling and perplexing stories of the 21st century was set into motion.
The Lost Leonardo is the first art-world documentary I’ve seen that captures what art becomes once it goes through the looking glass of greed: not just a commodity, but a way of transferring and manipulating power.
Full review(The Lost Leonardo) packs the fascination and wallop of an expertly executed fictional thriller.
Full reviewThe Lost Leonardo proves to be a thoughtful examination of not only the origins of the painting at its centre but of perception.
Full reviewReally, The Lost Leonardo is a detective story. Like any good detective story, it's also a morality tale.
Full reviewWhile the intersection of hype, art, and money is fertile territory and Koefoed makes the most of it, he misses the opportunity to look more deeply at the somewhat mediocre painting itself...
Full reviewIt plays out like a detective mystery and feels as meticulously plotted as an art heist.
Full reviewThe Lost Leonardo is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon Rentals and Academy On Demand and AroVision.
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