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For First Time In 400 Years, Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Open To Public
An Artemisia Gentileschi painting at the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas is being publicly exhibited for the first time in over four centuries.
Titled ‘Penitent Mary Magdalene’ (1625-26), the painting features the prominent Bible figure in a…
Rembrandt Style Painting Sold For $1.5M In Maine
An unsigned painting in the style of Rembrandt was sold for $1.5 million at the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Maine.
Titled ‘Portrait of a Girl’, the painting features a young woman in black attire. The details associated with the…
Boy Scouts To Auction Collection, Inc. Norman Rockwell, For Sex Abuse Victims
As part of bankruptcy proceedings, Boy Scouts of America will auction off its art collection for funds for sex abuse victims.
The complete art collection of the Boy Scouts is estimated to be around $59 million. It includes works by…
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…