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Four Decades Later, Stolen Portrait Of Rubens and Van Dyck Returned To England
A double portrait of artist Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck has been returned 45 years after it was stolen.
The oil-on-wood painting is a double portrait of the two Flemish masters. It was created by another Flemish artist,…
California Man Sentenced To Jail Over Smuggling Art From Syria
A man in California was sentenced to 3 months in jail for smuggling an ancient Roman mosaic from Syria.
In August 2015, Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi brought in ‘ceramic tiles from Turkey’ worth less than $600. However, in reality, he was…
Victoria Siddall, Formerly At Frieze, Chosen To Lead National Portrait Gallery
The person behind the Frieze Art Fair, Victoria Siddall, has been selected as the next head of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Siddall would be the 13th president of one of the most recognizable galleries in the world. She would…
Child Breaks 3,500 Years Old Jar At Israeli Museum
A kid’s curiosity caused him to accidentally break an ancient jar at the Hecht Museum in Israel.
First reported by the BBC, the 4-year-old boy was on a tour of the Hecht Museum with his family. He was one of the ancient jars located near…
Two ‘The Great Wave’ Prints Up For Auction In New York
Bonhams and Christie’s will auction prints of Katsushika Hokusai‘s The Great Wave in September’s Asia Week New York.
Katsushika Hokusai‘s Kanagawa-oki nami-ura (Under the Wave off Kanagawa), better known as “The Great Wave”, is one of…
Haunted By Scandals, Indianapolis Museum Selects New Leader
Still surrounded by the ghosts of the last racism scandal, the Indianapolis Museum of Art has chosen Le Monte Booker Sr. as its new head.
Le Monte G. Booker Sr. currently serves as the chief financial officer at the Field Museum in…
Giant Elon Musk Sculpture, Inspired By Meme, Spotted In Texas
A giant bronze sculpture of Elon Musk was seen getting hauled by a Cybertruck in Brownsville, Texas.
Louis XXII (real name unknown), a French entrepreneur, is the person behind this idea. According to him, the project was inspired by a…
Ahead Of DNC, For Freedom Installs Art Billboards
Artist group For Freedom has installed six billboards in Chicago ahead of the Democratic National Convention scheduled next week.
For Freedom is a non-partisan organization that is run by artists. It was founded in 2016. By August 5, the…
John Lewis Status Replaces Confederate Monument In Georgia
A bronze statue honoring late civil rights activist and politician John Lewis was installed in Decatur, Georgia on Friday. The statue replaced an earlier Confederate statue, which was removed in 2020.
John Lewis was a prominent Black…
Three More Banksy Murals Appear In London
Artist Banksy has debuted 3 more artworks in London, reaching five new works this week.
The first of these works debuted on Wednesday, depicting three monkeys swinging over a bridge. Reports identified it as the bridge over Brick Lane in…