WeavinglinksbetweenNewYork’sauctionhousesandartdealers,areveredBritishLeonardodaVinciexpert,oneopportunisticSwissgo-between,aRussianoligarch,London’sTateGallery,LeMuséeduLouvreinParis,andaSaudiArabianprince,journalistAntoineVitkinedelvesintothesecretsoftheartworld,andexplorestheinfluencethatonepaintingcanhave.Aftermysteriouslyappearing,apaintingtitledSalvatorMundi(TheSavioroftheWorld)wassoldatChristie’sauctionhouse,forarecord450millionUSdollarsin2017.AttributedtoLeonardodaVinciafteritsdiscovery,whatbecamethemostexpensivepieceofarteverhasunleashedpassions,whilerevealingtheexcessesofourtime.Journeyingalongthehiddentrailsofmoney,power,anddeceptionlyingbehindthisquestionablemasterpiece,thisfilmasks:isthisreallytheworkoftheItaliangenius,oroneofthegreatestscamsinthehistoryofart?
