The Louvre Museum has acquired a $26 million painting from the 13th century four years after the work of art was discovered hanging on the wall of an elderly woman’s kitchen in France. The Louvre announced the acquisition of the masterpiece titled “Christ
A “devil-like figure” featured in a painting by a renowned artist that’s more than 230 years old has been rediscovered after a recent restoration. The discovery came as a result of conservation work done by the National Trust on a painting of
The Metropolitan Police have made two arrests after members of an eco-mob stormed a gallery and smashed protective glass sheilding a painting. Just Stop Oil filmed two individuals as they walked into London’s National Gallery this morning, and cracked the glass which
A stone ax of the type used more than 500,000 years ago has been spotted in an unexpected place — a painting from the 15th century. Typically made from flint, “Acheulean” hand axes were oval- or pear-shaped tools, flaked on both sides
Owners of the London Bridge Experience and London Tombs bought the infamous spooky portrait of a young stern-faced girl for £1,600 on an online auction. But since picking up the painting both the attraction and its staff have experienced bad luck and
The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his
Art detective reveals recovered Van Gogh painting Art detective Arthur Brand retrieved a Van Gogh painting that had gone missing over three years ago. Security footage shows the heist as it happened. (SOURCE: Reuters/Netherlands Police/Groninger Museum/Arthur Brand) Dutch police this week retrieved
More than three years after it was stolen from a museum that was shut to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh has been recovered, a little worse for wear, the Groninger Museum in the
Boris Johnson splashed out almost £800,000 of taxpayers’ money to paint a union flag on a ministerial plane. The former Prime Minister triggered fury in 2020 when it emerged the Government spent £900,000 respraying an RAF Voyager so he could fly around
A still-life fresco recently discovered in the ruins of ancient Pompeii was at first believed to depict a pizza, but archeologists say it is not the iconic Italian dish after all. The fresco was painted some 2,000 years ago, long before the