In the 1960s, Hélio Oiticica produced a series of small box shaped interactive sculptures called Bólides (fireballs) which had panels and doors which viewers could move and explore.

In 2010, Mehretu's work was the object of the Lehmann v. The Project Worldwide case before the New York Supreme Court. The case involved legal issues over her work and the right of first refusal contracts between her then-gallery and a collector.

Elizabeth Peyton's portait of Leonardo DiCaprio, entitled Leonardo, sold at Christie's New York in May 2013 for just over $1 million.

Eric Daigh gained acclaim in 2009 when he won third place for his pushpin portraits in the Inaugural ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In Summer 2010, Daigh set a world record by creating a commissioned pushpin piece for automaker Acura, which used 109,687 pushpins.

Nu couché (also known in English as Red Nude or Reclining Nude) is one of a famous series of nudes that Modigliani painted in 1917 under the patronage of his Polish dealer Léopold Zborowski. It is believed to have been included in Modigliani's first and only art show in 1917, at the Galerie Berthe Weill, which was shut down by the police.

In Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World), Leonardo da Vinci painted the subject, Jesus Christ, for Louis XII of France between 1506 and 1513. The recently authenticated work was once owned by Charles I of England.