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Dec 3, 2020
2 min

Yet Another Amateur Art Restorer in Spain Has Absolutely Demolished a Once-Beautiful Artwork

When will the butchery end? Left, the original sculpture and right, the "restored" version. Courtesy of Facebook. Spain, the country most...

Nov 8, 2020
3 min

Voters in Jersey City Just Approved a New Tax in Support of the Arts, Other Cities to Follow.

Taxpayers have approved a measure to seed a trust fund that will support the city's culture initiatives. A painting by Tyler Ballon, left...

Oct 18, 2020
2 min

Trove of ‘Perfectly Preserved’ Painted Coffins and Mummies Discovered at Ancient Egyptian Necropolis

The finding of 59 sarcophagi and dozens of statuettes in Saqqara is just “the beginning of the big discovery” Egypt’s antiquities ministe...

Sep 20, 2020
5 min

It’s a Banana. It’s Art. And Now It’s the Guggenheim’s Problem.

Ephemeral works of art, like Maurizio Cattelan’s creation out of fruit, can often pose conservation challenges for the museums that have ...

Sep 16, 2020
3 min

Museum Removes Famous Shrunken Heads, Human Remains To ‘Decolonize’ Its Collections

A picture taken on September 17, 2012 at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, shows Shrunken heads Tsantsa from the Shuar tribe in Equator (1...

Sep 14, 2020
2 min

British Museum Moves Bust of Founder Who Had Links to Slavery

Bust of Sir Hans Sloane Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum The British Museum, home to some of the world's most treasured histori...

Sep 13, 2020
6 min

Anthony Hopkins Steps Out of the Shadows as an Artist

Anthony Hopkins, Tony (Self-Portrait). Courtesy Anthony Hopkins Last week, Anthony Hopkins, the award-winning actor best known for portra...

Sep 9, 2020
1 min

History's Greatest Forgers

The ability to mimic a famous artist’s work, fool knowledgeable experts and swindle deep-pocketed collectors are skills that can elevate ...

Sep 2, 2020
3 min

17th-Century Dutch Painting Is Stolen. Again.

“Two Laughing Boys” by Frans Hals has been taken from a museum in the Netherlands, after having been stolen in 1988 and again in 2011. A ...

Aug 31, 2020
3 min

Oxford Museum May Have Accidentally Kept a Rembrandt Painting in Its Basement for 40 Years

The painting had been dismissed as a copy in 1981. Head of a Bearded Man (circa 1630). The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has found new evide...

Aug 27, 2020
2 min

Man who punched $26 Million Picasso painting at Tate Modern is jailed for 18 months

Repairing the piece—on long-term loan from a private collection—will take more than a year and cost up to $461,702. Left, Pablo Picasso's...

Aug 24, 2020
5 min

How Does a Thief Unload Stolen Art? Here Are 5 Ways Criminals Actually Profit From Museum Heists

Stolen art can be a hard sell. We spoke to the experts about what thieves tend do with it. An empty frame at the Isabella Stewart Gardner...

Aug 19, 2020
2 min

World's Biggest Canvas Painting—The Size Of Two Football Fields—To Be Auctioned In Dubai For Charity

The record-breaking work by the Dubai-based British artist Sacha Jafri will be sold to promote "global digital equality" A canvas paintin...

Aug 17, 2020
1 min

17th Century Virgin Mary Painting Botched After Being Cleaned By ‘Furniture Restorer’

Spanish art collector reportedly paid $1,200 to have painting restored The original painting seen next to the botched restoration A paint...

Aug 16, 2020
7 min

Why It's Important To Remember That Andy Warhol Was Working Class

From Marilyn Monroe to Muhammad Ali, Andy Warhol's portraits of the rich and famous are some of the most recognizable works of 20th-centu...

Aug 14, 2020
2 min

Paint Names Like 'Flesh Tint' Are Racially Biased Says Fine Art Supplier

Jackson’s says it is campaigning to help dismantle “exclusionary culture” that privileges caucasian skin tones as the "default" A major f...

Aug 12, 2020
4 min

In wake of murder-suicide, artists speak out over a lack of mental-health provision in the industry

"A lot of people suffer in silence and behind closed doors," an anonymous artist says following the deaths of Saul Fletcher and Rebeccah ...

Aug 12, 2020
2 min

Former US President George W. Bush Unveils Portraits of Immigrants in New Book

But blowback has been swift against the hobbyist painter, whose immigration policies while in office included the creation of the U.S. Im...

Aug 10, 2020
2 min

"Art On The Move" Program at the New Port Richey Public Library

New Port Richey Public Library can help brighten up your home or office with their ‘Art on the Move’ program.

Aug 9, 2020
3 min

Buying Your First Piece Of Art

Art can be an intimidating world. It seems that everyone understands what's going on except you, which can make it difficult to buy your ...

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