Editing Leda and the Swan (section)

==In modern and contemporary art==
[[Cy Twombly]] executed an abstract version of ''Leda and the Swan'' in 1962. It was purchased by [[Larry Gagosian]] for $52.9&nbsp;million at Christie's May 2017 Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/top-news/gagosian-pays-52-9m-twombly-fritz-cat-smashes-comic-art-record-fresh-news/ |title=Leda and the Swan |author=Cy Twombly|date=8 September 2023 }}</ref>

Avant-garde filmmaker Kurt Kren along with other members of the [[Viennese Actionism|Viennese Actionist]] movement, including [[Otto Muehl]] and [[Hermann Nitsch]], made a film-performance called ''7/64 Leda und der Schwan'' in 1964. The film retains the classical motif, portraying, for most of its duration, a young woman embracing a swan.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

There is a life-sized marble statue of ''Leda and the Swan'' at the [[Jai Vilas Palace|Jai Vilas Palace Museum]] in [[Gwalior]], Northern [[Madhya Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum – Collection|url=http://jaivilasmuseum.org/Collection.html|access-date=11 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211184502/http://jaivilasmuseum.org/Collection.html|archive-date=11 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

American artist and photographer [[Carole Harmel]] created the "Bird" series (1983), a Jean Cocteau-influenced collection of photographs that explored the "Leda and the Swan" myth in tightly cropped, voyeuristic images of a nude female and an undefinable birdlike creature hinting at intimacy.<ref name="Pieszak2">Pieszak, Devonna. "Carole Harmel", Catalogue essay, Chicago: Galerija, 1983.</ref><ref name="Bone">Bone, James. "Art Facts: a mix of media on Wells Street", ''Chicago Reader'', 11 March 1983.</ref>

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery currently exhibits Karl Weschke's ''Leda and the Swan'', painted in 1986.  The [[Winnipeg Art Gallery]] in Canada has, in its permanent collection, a ceramic "Leda and the Swan" by Japanese-born American artist [[Akio Takamori]]. [[Genieve Figgis]] painted her version of Leda and the Swan in 2018 after an earlier work by [[François Boucher]]. Figgis’ contemporary version reinvents the idyllic romantic scene of lavish playfulness with a dark humor creating a scene of profanity and horror.<ref name=mdpi>{{cite journal |title= Being So Caught up: Exploring Religious Projection and Ethical Appeal in Leda and the Swan
|last= Chen |first= Xi |publisher= MDPI |date= February 5, 2021 |journal= Religions |volume= 12
|issue= 2
|page= 107
|doi= 10.3390/rel12020107
|language=en-US|doi-access= free
}}</ref><ref name="methoduspi">{{cite web|title=Leda and the Swan Theme |url=http://www.methoduspi.com.br/journal/35dca8-leda-and-the-swan-theme|date=October 2, 2020|website=methoduspi.com.br |language=en-US|access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref> There is a sculpture in neon lights depicting Leda and the Swan in Berlin, near Sonnenallee metro station and the Estrel hotel, designed by [[AES+F]].  Photographer [[Charlie White (artist)|Charlie White]] included a portrait of Leda in his "And Jeopardize the Integrity of the Hull" series. Zeus, as the swan, only appears metaphorically.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}