The room fell silent as a velvet curtain parted, revealing a fractured canvas—* by the enigmatic 19th-century painter Lucien Duret. The piece, long dismissed as a hoax, now glowed under UV light, revealing hidden symbols etched into the paint. Leo’s fingers trembled as he leaned closer. The symbols? A code tied to a secret society of artists who’d allegedly hidden a manifesto of artistic evolution within their works.