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A painting by Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," brought the equivalent of 43.8 million dollar bills at auction, more than three times its highest presale estimate of $12 million.
Federal authorities have recovered a counterfeit copy of a 1939 watercolor by artist Andrew Wyeth.
Frescoes that once adorned Roman villas are going on display in a new exhibit that shows the tastes of ancient Rome's wealthy through landscapes and the representation of gods and goddesses.
An elderly Holocaust survivor from San Diego can continue his legal battle against a Spanish museum to reclaim a valuable painting he says was taken from his grandmother by the Nazis, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
A Nebraska man who stole a painting of the Virgin Mary to finance an abortion for a teen he raped has been convicted of first-degree sexual assault and felony theft.
An important 19th century painting has been brought back to public view after languishing for decades, forgotten beneath a pile of reproductions in a church closet. The Rev. Steven Olson of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Dassel approached the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 2007, looking for advice on how to preserve a painting he had found in a janitor's closet.
Two national galleries said Monday they raised 50 million pounds ($70 million) after a public appeal to keep Titian's 16th century masterpiece "Diana and Actaeon" on display in Britain.
A 100-year-old Ellsworth Woodward painting found in Goodwill's Nashville warehouse has sold for more than $8,000.
It's no Picasso, but a painting by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sold for more than a million dollars at a charity auction in his hometown of St. Petersburg.
A 300-year-old painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci failed to sell at auction, the auction house said Thursday.
A painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci, long presumed to be lost, has turned up in Texas after a 300-year journey from the hands of a European nobleman playboy to a fur trader and finally through generations of one family.
A prison-cell painting by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been auctioned for US$255,000 to raise money for his socialist party.
A British aristocrat is offering two public art galleries a 50 million-pound (US$92 million) bargain — a Renaissance painting by the Italian artist Titian that has been on display in Britain for 200 years but now could be sold overseas.
An old painting dropped off at a rural Maryland Goodwill store turned out to be a work by a French Impressionist. And now, thanks to the sharp eye of a store employee, the charitable organization is $40,000 richer.
Sotheby's auction house says a cubist oil painting by Fernand Leger has been sold in New York for more than $39 million.
A painting by Winston Churchill of a Moroccan sunset — a view he loved so much that he invited President Franklin D. Roosevelt to see it — has sold for $350,000, an auction company says.
Displaying a portrait of Jesus in the foyer of a Louisiana courthouse is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled this week, siding with civil libertarians who sued over the display.
A truck driver accused of stealing a Goya painting from an unattended transport truck, then claiming he found it in his basement, pleaded guilty Thursday.
A woman who left a lipstick kiss on an all-white painting by the American artist Cy Twombly was convicted Friday of "voluntarily damaging a work of art" and ordered to do 100 hours of community service.
A painting by Winston Churchill, which President Truman called one of his "most valued possessions" after receiving it as a gift from the British prime minister in 1951, will be sold at Sotheby's, the auction house said Saturday.
A truck driver who stole an art masterpiece from an unattended transport truck, then claimed he found it in his basement was charged with theft, authorities said.
Georgia O'Keeffe's most famous painting "Radiator Building — Night, New York" and 100 other works won't be going to Arkansas if the museum that represents the late artist's estate has its way.
A woman who planted a lipstick-laden kiss on an all-white painting by the American artist Cy Twombly went on trial Tuesday, telling the court she had committed an "act of love" — not a crime.
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of kissing a painting by American artist Cy Twombly and smudging the bone-white canvas with her lipstick, French judicial officials said Saturday.
A man accused of kicking a hole in an expensive 17th century painting of David and Goliath told police he was bothered by the depiction of a man carrying a severed head, authorities said Friday.
The terms "Afghan Holocaust", "Afghan Genocide" , Iraqi Holocaust", "Iraqi Genocide", "Palestinian Holocaust", "Palestinian Genocide", "Climate Holocaust" and "Climate Genocide" are absent on searching major MSM.
Finger points to new da Vinci artA new Leonardo da Vinci portrait may have been discovered after a fingerprint found on it seemed similar to another discovered on his work. A Paris laboratory found the fingerprint is "highly comparable" to one on a da Vinci work in the Vatican.
CHINAMANIA: Qi Zhilong"Political pop artist Qi Zhilong's work is showing in a group exhibition titled, CHINAMANIA, taking place until January 3rd at ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, in Ishoj, Denmark, not far outside Copenhagen.
17th-century Brueghel paintings trace the early, mysterious history of the telescopeThanks to the much-heralded International Year of Astronomy, this much we know: Galileo used a telescope to observe the moon in 1609.
High Museum Continues to Bring Great Art to the SoutheastIf you live in the Southeast and love visual art, a trip to Atlanta may be well worthwhile. The High Museum of Art has had some excellent programming in the past several years. It is also a wonderful facility.
A Letter re US Alliance war crimes and worsening climate genocide crimes sent to EVERY Australian Federal MP and indeed to everyone worldwide ensures that they cannot say, like many Germans in 1945, "We didn't know".
Liu Bolin...The Invisible Man... This guy paints himself... no trick photography ... no photoshop ...he just paints himself...
Neigh? Picasso horse doodle expected to fetch £20,000 at auctionPrivate collector's felt-tip sketch by Pablo Picasso thought to have taken seconds to produce.
Artist paints landscapes from Google Street View Bill Guffey, an artist who cannot afford to travel, uses Google Street View to visit locations around the world and capture them in paint. Here, a screengrab from Google Street View shows a canal boat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands...
Dirty not-so-little secret uncovered by art restorerA Louvre art restorer came across a stimulating discovery while cleaning a 17th-century canvas by French artist Nicolas Poussin—a fully erect penis hidden by layers of paint.
The World is acutely threatened by man-made global warming. Older people are peculiarly threatened and must act by (a) informing others, (b) supporting 100% renewables and (c) boycotting climate criminal nations, people.
Stone age meets the space ageArtist Kenny Scharf's hilltop garden in Culver City is no Monet masterpiece. It is more like a Georgia O'Keeffe -- rocks and concrete pavers set among colorful succulents and exotic cactuses that look like stones and desiccated brains.
Art stolen by Nazis turns up on TV antiques showMunich police are calling for witnesses to reveal the owner of valuable 17th-century painting stolen by the Nazis that recently turned up on an antique appraisal television show.
London Artists Turn Empty Commercial Space Into Galleries - NYTimes.comAnother way to beat the recession!
Mystery of the hidden pig discovered in 17th century Dutch painting The hidden image of a butchered pig has been discovered by a restorer in a 17th century Dutch painting 350 years after it was painted.
Blindspot by A Gentleman in Exile & a Lady in Disguise is one great read! This novel has it all: mystery, love, deception, murder, and a great sense of humor.
Nebraska Man Stole a Painting of the Virgin Mary From A Cathedral To Finance An Abortion For the 14-Year-Old He Was RapingA Nebraska man who stole a painting of the Virgin Mary to finance an abortion for a teen he was accused of raping has been convicted of first-degree sexual assault and felony theft.
Hawaii turns 50 amid commemoration, protestEvents for 50 years of statehood are being called a "commemoration" rather than a "celebration" out of respect to Natives and unresolved claims since the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom.
X-rays reveal Archimedes' hidden writingsPreviously hidden writings of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being uncovered with powerful X-ray beams nearly 800 years later.
Revolutionary Romanticism: 'The Raft of the Medusa' brought energy to French art A wonderful exploration of the Gericault painting depicting the 1816 wreck of the naval frigate Medusa. Meticulous, poetic, and with plenty of context (historical and otherwise), this is a wonderful read, especially for those of us who can't get to view the painting itself.
Royal Guards ruin £ 8 million painting while chasing jackdawBird-brained royal guards ruined an 8 million GBP painting while trying to shoo a jackdaw out of a palace chamber with a stick.
Pictured: Incredible watercolour paintings by boy aged just SIXA street scene from the paintbrush of a child usually involves triangle-topped boxes for houses. And often an unnaturally large dog. But Kieron Williamson's attempts are so beautifully rendered that artists ten times his age will be filled with envy.
Invisible man shows his true colours - photosJust like a chameleon, artist Liu Bolin can blend into any background. The real-life invisible man can disappear into his surroundings – no matter how complicated they might be.
Art of forgery: Britain's National Gallery to stage exhibition dedicated exclusively to fakes, mistakes and their discoveriesThe exhibition called "Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries", to be staged next June, will feature the infamous Holbein forgery, called A Man with a Skull, as well as a painting that was originally acquired by the gallery as a work by Rembrandt, called An Old Man in …
In a drawing, painting or photograph, depending on the complexity of the composition and subject matter, there are relationships between the so-called "subject" and "background." This relationship is incredibly significant though often overlooked, ignored or unknown to the maker …
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