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In Uzbekistan, discovered a picture of Veronese

30.11.2012 The State Museum of the Republic of Uzbekistan presented to the public the painting “Lamentation of Christ” (Lamentación sobre Cristo Muerto), Italian artist Paolo Veronese (Paolo Veronese, 1528-1588), recently discovered in the cellars of the museum.

Preserving the treasures of the Italian Renaissance has turned into a race against time

28.11.2012 An earthquake in northern Italy in the region of Emilia Romagna damaged or almost completely destroyed many of the unique monuments of Renaissance architecture.

Repairing a damaged painting by Rothko will take 18 months

23.11.2012 When an act of vandalism was committed on a painting by Mark Rothko at an exhibition in Tate Modern last month, some experts predicted that the work would be returned to the exposition quite quickly.

Half of Rembrandt’s engravings were not actually made by him.

22.11.2012 Half of the engravings associated with the name of the Dutch Golden Age artist, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), do not belong to the master himself, others were printed after his death.

Christie’s and Sotheby’s held the most successful auctions in their history

15.11.2012 Date November 14, 2012 will undoubtedly go down in the history of Christie’s auction house, as the day when the most successful auction in history was held. Art sales reached an unprecedented amount of $ 412 million.

$ 2 Million Stolen From Pretoria Museum

14.11.2012 Three men under the guise of an art teacher and two of his students stole paintings worth about $ 2 million from the Pretoria Art Museum in broad daylight.

Picasso’s painting sold at Sotheby’s for $ 37 million

11.11.2012 Pablo Picasso’s painting (1881-1973), Nature morte aux tulipes, which depicts one of the artist’s mistresses, was sold on November 8 for $ 37 million at Sotheby’s fall auction in New York.

Restorers claim to have found Giotto’s lost murals in an abandoned earthquake-damaged chapel

09.11.2012 Restore artists working on frescoes in a forgotten chapel in Assisi believe they have stumbled upon evidence that stunning images found under layers of mud are the work of medieval artist Giotto.

In Prado exhibited a restored painting by Titian "San Juan Bautista"

07.11.2012 The Prado Museum presented yesterday the restored painting “San Juan Bautista” (San Juan Bautista), owned by Titian Vecellio (1488-1576).

Vatican plans to restrict access to the Sistine Chapel

02.11.2012 Entrance to the Sistine Chapel, which these days marks its 500th anniversary, may be limited.

An exhibition of the Northern Renaissance has opened in Buckingham Palace

30.10.2012 The influence of the Lutheran Reformation on the work of artists in Northern Europe can be seen in the exhibition of paintings from the personal collection of Queen Elizabeth II of England that opens in Buckingham Palace.

The largest Hindu temple dating from the 13th century found in Bali

30.10.2012 Construction workers in Bali discovered the largest, according to archaeologists, of all the famous ancient Hindu temple ever found on an Indonesian island.

Renaissance altar sold in France for 445,000 euros

29.10.2012 At an auction in Marseille, a French collector who wished to remain anonymous purchased for 445,000 euros a part of the altar, made by the Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico.

Prado Museum presents "Portrait of a Man" recognized by Velazquez

25.10.2012 In Madrid, the Prado Museum will exhibit “Portrait of a Man” by Velazquez. The painting arrived from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and will remain in Spain until January 27, 2013. The portrait will be exhibited in the framework of the project “Invited works”, launched by the Prado Museum in 2009.

Kunsthal Museum Security System Familiar to Robbers

24.10.2012 Robbers who stole seven paintings from the Kunsthal Museum entered the building through the front door, taking advantage of the security system, according to the New York Times, citing sources in the Dutch police.