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Figure by Rubens found in the archives of the University of Britain

29.05.2013 Drawings by Marie de Medici, Queen of France, made by Peter Paul Rubens today are in the collections of the British Museum, V&A, the Louvre, and, as it turned out today, in the archives of the University of Reading (Reading University).

Warhol Foundation corruption scandal

22.05.2013 PHILADELPHIA. Revealing material was published this week by the New York Review of Books (NYRB). They shed new light on the authentication processes used by Andy Warhol.

Poland intends to return a number of paintings exported after World War II

17.05.2013 WARSAW. Polish Culture Minister Bogdan Zdroevsky said on Wednesday that Russia has yet to return several paintings captured by the Soviet Red Army at the end of World War II, including one painting by the Flemish artist Brueghel.

A painting by Jan Bruegel II sold at auction for 281 thousand dollars

09.05.2013 AMSTERDAM. The painting “An allegory of Tulipomania” by Jan Brueghel the Younger was sold yesterday at Christie’s in Amsterdam for $ 281 thousand. Preliminary estimates of experts fluctuated around 91 - 131 thousand dollars.

A gang of cultural heritage plunders arrested in Macedonia

07.05.2013 SKOPJE. A criminal group engaged in theft and illegal trafficking of objects of cultural and archaeological significance was detained in Macedonia.

Tate Britain changes the approach to exposure

07.05.2013 LONDON. Tate Britain Gallery decided to revise its approaches to the formation of permanent and temporary museum exhibits.

Turner Prize nominees announced

30.04.2013 LONDON. A list of nominees for Britain’s most prestigious art award has been announced today.

The painting of Cranach Jr. "Hercules at the court of Queen Omfala" will be restored

24.04.2013 MADRID. Restoration work on the painting "Hercules at the Court of Omphale", by German artist Hans Cranach (1513-1537), is the main goal of the agreement, which will be signed on Monday

Unknown self portrait of Charles Baudelaire found

24.04.2013 PARIS. Discovered an unknown self-portrait of Charles Baudelaire (Charles Baudelaire) revived interest in this French poet of the 19th century, who had a reputation as an "unbearable child" and known for his dark, erotic poetry.

Metropolitan Museum acquires Polyxena Sacrifice

24.04.2013 PARIS. This early painting by Charles Le Brun, the official painter of Louis XIV, was sold at an auction in Paris this week for 1.44 million euros.

One of the frescoes in the Louvre found a hidden image of a thousand years ago

23.04.2013 “Terahertz” rays revealed a latent image of a person’s face under the surface of one of the frescoes exhibited in The Louvre .

Rembrandt’s Night Watch Returns to the Rijksmuseum

06.04.2013 AMSTERDAM. Rembrandt’s Nachtwacht returned to his room at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam under the supervision of engineers and police. The painting was packed in a wooden box and covered with a protective film that insulates the masterpiece from environmental factors.