Amsterdam (AFP) – Shielded from the public by glass panels and staring intently through microscopes, a team of specialists has started work restoring Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, one of the most iconic paintings of the Dutch golden age. Technicians are working…
The Hague (AFP) – Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With The Pearl Earring” is one of the world’s most popular paintings — and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed. “You have to…
London (AFP) – A hundred years after acquiring one of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”, Britain’s National Gallery in London will bring his vision to life by showcasing three works side-by-side for the first time. A new exhibition displays three Vincent Van…
Banksy has unveiled the eighth artwork in his animal-themed collection in London, a silhouette of a rhinoceros which looks as though it is climbing on top of a car. The street artist has been posting artwork to his Instagram at about…
New York (AFP) – A portrait by British painter Francis Bacon of his great love sold for $27.7 million at Sotheby’s spring sales in New York on Monday, topping the first night of contemporary art auctions that grossed $234.6 million. A…
The Orsay Museum in Paris is marking 150 years of Impressionism from Tuesday with an unprecedented reassembling of the masterpieces that launched the movement, and a virtual reality experience that takes visitors back in time. Visitors admire artworks by Impressionist…
Milan (AFP) – One structured and austere, the other sensual and joyous — Paul Cezanne and Auguste Renoir were two founding fathers of Impressionism, but a new Milan exhibition explores their sharply different styles. Paul Cezanne’s ‘Paysage au toit rouge ou…
Montpellier (France) (AFP) – A French elderly couple on Tuesday saw its request to cancel the 4.2-million-eurosale of a rare African mask that they had let go for 150 euros thrown out, with the court calling their claim frivolous. The couple,…
The Hague (AFP) – A Dutch art detective dubbed the “Indiana Jones of the Art World” has recovered another six paintings, including a portrait of William of Orange and the first depiction of a seventh-century king. Art sleuth Arthur Brand made…
The last known pair of Rembrandt portraits in private hands sold for more than £11 million ($14 million) at Christie’s in London on Thursday — nearly 200 years after they first went under the hammer at the auction house. The…
Manage Cookie Consent
We and selected third parties use cookies or similar technologies for technical purposes and, with your consent, for “experience enhancement”, “measurement” and “targeting & advertising” as specified in the cookie policy. Denying consent may make related features unavailable.
With respect to advertising, we and selected third parties, may use precise geolocation data, and identification through device scanning in order to store and/or access information on a device and process personal data like your usage data for the following advertising purposes: personalized ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
