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How to steal Van Gogh?
28.03.2017 AMSTERDAM, “Some people are born as teachers, some as footballers. I am a born robber. ” So says Octave Durham, who stole two priceless paintings by Vincent van Gogh on the evening of December 7, 2002.
The Vatican has released a unique three-volume with photographs of the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel
08.03.2017 VATICAN. The last time the treasures of the Sistine Chapel were photographed for future generations at a time when digital photography had just appeared, and words like “pixel” were used only by computer nerds and NASA scientists.
Michelangelo and Sebastiano: an exhibition that should not have been
02.03.2017 LONDONThe large joint exhibition of Michelangelo Buonarroti and Sebastiano del Piombo, which opened at the National Gallery in London, was supposed to help the audience to explore the “creative partnership” between the great Renaissance master and his follower.
New van Dyck sketch found
27.02.2017 PARIS. "The best of my students." It was with these words written by the diplomat, Secretary of State and renowned art collector Dudley Carleton that Pieter Paul Rubens described Anthony van Dyck, a young artist with exceptionally early talent who worked in his studio.
Uffizi Gallery will present an exhibition of the first artist of the Renaissance
07.02.2017 The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is about to rectify the greatest historical gender injustice: starting in March this year, one of the oldest museums in the world intends to organize more exhibitions of women artistsThe first exhibition will be dedicated to the work of Suor Plautilla Nelli (Suor Plautilla Nelli, 1523-1587), a nun who is known as the first artist of the Renaissance.
400 works of art can leave the walls of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
06.02.2017 The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid found itself in a difficult situation - a lease on a collection owned by 73-year-old Baroness Carmen Cervera, widow of industrial tycoon Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza ), who died in 2002, came to an end on Monday, January 30th.
Vatican unveils updated museum site
03.02.2017 VATICAN. The Vatican has introduced an updated website with a simple, but at the same time more elegant and sophisticated design. The site is available on any type of device, with any operating system.
Stolen 2 years ago and found in Morocco Madonna Gverchino was in terrible condition
01.02.2017 CASABLANCA. “Madonna with the Saints John the Evangelist and Gregory the Wonderworker” by Guercino was stolen in 2014 and was only recently discovered in Casablanca.
London dealer solved the mystery of the picture of Rubens
31.01.2017 NEW YORK. Who says that the biggest and fastest profits can be made only by selling contemporary art? This is not so, but only if you have a trained eye and you are well acquainted with the history of art.
Amateur accidentally discovered on the Internet the very first picture of Gainsborough
04.01.2017 Looking through local auction catalogs on the Internet, every art lover dreams of discovering a long-lost or unknown work of a great artist, hidden among thousands of old paintings, books and furniture.
A smaller version of Mane’s "Breakfast on the Grass" is not a copy, but a preparatory study
29.11.2016 LONDON. Courtauld Gallery restorers in London believe their version of Le déjeuner sur l’Herbe by Édouard Manet is not just a copy of a painting from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and her preparatory phase.
Rijksmuseum has released its own cookbook
27.11.2016 AMSTERDAM. The Rijksmuseum has released its own cookbook, which includes descriptions of 130 dishes from 50 ingredients traditional for Holland.
Claude Monet’s picture was sold at auction for a record amount
26.11.2016 NEW YORK. The picture "Rack" (La Meule, 1891) by Claude Monet (Claude Monet, 1840-1926) became the top lot of the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale auction, which Christie’s auction house held on November 16.
The Louvre presented a restored painting by Leonardo da Vinci
13.11.2016 PARIS. After 10 months of restoration The louvre museum put up a picture again "St. John the Baptist" (St John the Baptist) one of the last works Leonardo da Vinci . The masterpiece took its place in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, which is visited by about 9 million people a year.
Austrian authorities detained six dealers while trying to sell fake Picasso paintings
12.11.2016 VEIN. Pretending to be potential buyers, Austrian law enforcement authorities arrested a group of dealers selling fake paintings by Pablo Picasso back in July 2016, but details of this operation have been released just now.