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The Prado Museum lost 885 works of art

23.07.2014 MADRID. The Audit Court of Spain conducted a check in one of the world’s largest art museums in the world - the Prado (Museo Nacional del Prado) and discovered the loss of 885 exhibits.

Fake Lowry paintings sold online for £ 3,000

13.07.2014 The eBay online auction closed the artist’s online store, which admitted to selling fake paintings by twentieth-century English artist Laurence Lowry.

Canvas Matisse returns to Venezuela 10 years after the theft

13.07.2014 A painting by Henri Matisse, stolen from a museum in Caracas more than ten years ago, was returned to Venezuela on July 7.

Drawings of the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc grotto are a UNESCO World Heritage Site

09.07.2014 The French cave, which houses the earliest and best-preserved cave paintings in the world, was included in UNESCO’s cherished World Heritage List.

Sistine Chapel will be able to receive more visitors

03.07.2014 The Vatican Museums hope that the new climate control system, which will be installed this fall, will almost triple the number of visitors to the Sistine Chapel who want to enjoy Renaissance frescoes. In this case, the system will be practically invisible to visitors.

Portrait of Isabella de Medici discovered

01.07.2014 PITTSBURG. The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh nearly destroyed a 16th-century Florentine portrait. The picture, recognized as a modern fake, was only sent at the last minute for additional examination.

Mauritshuis ready to open after reconstruction

25.06.2014 The complete restoration and repair of the famous Mauritshuis in The Hague was finally completed, and all the treasures of the museum took their places. The museum opens later this week after a 2-year renovation.

Experts Confirm Authenticity of Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait

14.06.2014 LONDON. After much research and analysis, British experts finally confirmed the authenticity of the self-portrait of Rembrandt, donated in 2010 to the National Trust of Great Britain (National Trust).

Director of the National Gallery of London retires

13.06.2014 On the eve of his 65th birthday, Nicholas Penny leaves the post of director of the National Gallery, after six years of work. The exact date of retirement will depend on the timing of the appointment of a successor.

The famous Rembrandt collection, owned by the Morgan Museum, is fully digitized

25.05.2014 NEW YORK. A large collection of etchings by Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn (1606-1669), owned by the Library and the Morgan Museum (The Morgan Library & Museum) and considered the best in North America, is fully digitized and already available on the Internet.

Oil painting bought at a Spanish antique shop for $ 200, recognized as an early work of Salvador Dali

25.05.2014 MADRID. On Thursday, art experts officially announced that a painting painted in oil and purchased at an antique store in Spain more than two decades ago for 150 euros ($ 200) was recognized as one of the first surrealist works that Salvador Dali created in his teens.