Two Swedish women were seen on video gluing themselves to a Monet painting at the National Museum in Stockholm and smearing it with red paint Wednesday. The women were both from the environmental activist group, Restore Wetlands. The group said the women’s
Two women were detained in Stockholm after they threw “some kind of paint” at a painting by French artist Claude Monet and then glued themselves to the frame, Sweden’s National Museum said Wednesday. The painting, “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny,” was on
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested a man who allegedly spray-painted graffiti on the wall and gate of the U.S. Consulate, according to media reports and the police. Photos from local media including the South China Morning Post showed the English word
A painting by Wassily Kandinsky that spent decades in a Dutch museum after its Jewish owner was murdered in the Holocaust has sold at auction for $44.9 million. “Murnau mit Kirche II” (“Murnau with Church II”) set a record price for the
Comment on this story Comment Dear Miss Manners: Some good friends of ours, a husband and wife, have a painting of the wife in their living room. The painting is a nude from her much younger days. It is not erotic, but
Despite the distinction of being Emmanuel Macron’s birthplace, Mayor Brigitte Fouré doubts that Madonna has heard of Amiens, a city in the north of France halfway between Paris and Lille. However, on Monday, Fouré revealed a connection and asked the singer to
A Brazilian art collector has claimed the Van Gogh painting ‘A Novel Reader’ which is currently on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is his and has insisted that the museum return it. On Tuesday, Gustavo Soter filed a lawsuit
It’s a decorating truth nearly universally acknowledged: Putting new paint on your walls is the best way to change the look of a space quickly and cheaply. “Paint has superpowers: It can make a plain room look more expensive or even brighten
Prince George has been praised for having an “eye for colour” after the nine-year-old produced a festive painting of a reindeer. Wrendale Designs’ Hannah Dale claimed George’s work was “lovely” and showed an impressive command of watercolours. The Prince’s painting depicted a