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‘Leonardo da Vinci Expo: A Genius in Istanbul’ has opened at Istanbul’s UNIQ Museum and will be on display through April

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the actual buyer of a painting by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci that sold for a record-breaking $450 million at auction last month, The Wall Street Journal reported on Dec. 7.

An international team of scientists are bidding to track down the real remains of Leonardo da Vinci, extract his DNA to shed new light on his character and create a model of what the great Renaissance genius would have looked like.

Franz Kafka is nowadays considered as one of the most important writers of all time. His novels and short stories are notable for their fusion of realism and fantasy, and for their recurring themes which include existential anxiety, absurd bureaucracy, alienation, and guilt.

BELGRADE - A multimedia exhibition of photographs dedicated to Franz Kafka's works opened at Djura Jaksic House in Belgrade.

The exhibition titled "Kafka: World of Absurdity" opened on Wednesday, in an attempt to shed light on key parts of Kafka's life through photographs, written words and animation.

Adapted from Czech playwright Franz Kafka’s “Letter to His Father,” the play “Kafka and Son” is set to be performed in Turkey for the first time.

“Kafka and Son” is produced by Theaturtle and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd., in association with Assembly Rooms. The tour in Turkey was organized by Hakan Silahsızoğlu and Feyzan Yılmaz.

 Premier Li Keqiang writes about his visit’s purpose to consolidate friendship and open up new prospects in the two countries’ relationship

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