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Aragon insists on the return of medieval frescoes
28.08.2013 BARCELONA. The municipal authorities of Aragon, an autonomous region in northeastern Spain, formally sent a request to the government of neighboring Catalonia to return the Romanesque frescoes
The life and work of Van Gogh in 3D
26.07.2013 BUENOS AIRESOn the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the birth of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Buenos Aires presented to local residents and tourists an exhibition of more than 200 works by the Dutch artist, reproduced using interactive 3D technologies that literally transfer the viewer to the creative world of the master.
Fire in Paris destroyed 17th century murals
14.07.2013 The fire caused significant damage to one of the most famous buildings in Paris, the Lambert Hotel, located on the island of Saint-Louis.
One of the most famous paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites for sale
14.07.2013 One of the most famous paintings pre-Raphaelites can be called a picture of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Dante Gabriel Rossetti), which depicts Janey Morris (Janey Morris).
Tate Modern Gallery Received Large Private Donation
07.07.2013 Tate Modern Gallery will receive a significant financial gift. Israeli multimillionaire Eyal Ofer donated £ 10 million to the museum.
California court rejects lawsuit against Sotheby’s
07.07.2013 A federal court in California rejected a lawsuit filed by collector Steven Brooks, who claimed that the painting he had bought at Sotheby’s in London in 2004 could not be put up for auction, as it had previously belonged to one of the leaders of the fascist movement to Hermann Goering.
El Greco set a record at Sotheby’s
07.07.2013 The work of the artist El Greco’s “Prayer of St. Dominic” set a new record for the works of the Spanish master.
The National Gallery attacked a picture of John Constable
03.07.2013 John Constable’s The Hay Wain was attacked the other day right in the hall of the National Gallery in London.
How Edward VIII borrowed paintings from the National Gallery
29.06.2013 King Edward VIII, at one time borrowed seven masterpieces from the National Gallery in London, including paintings by artists such as Canaletto and Jan van Os.
Amazon announces plans to open online art gallery
28.06.2013 Amazon.com is about to launch an online art gallery this year. The online store of books, electronics and clothes intends to offer its customers more than 1000 pieces of art in the collections of at least 125 galleries.
In the United States arrested a picture of Picasso
28.06.2013 WASHINGTON. The US Department of Justice, at the request of the Italian government, withdrew the work of Pablo Picasso, a preliminary estimate of the cost of which is 11.5 million US dollars.
Vandal spoiled the portrait of Elizabeth II
15.06.2013 LONDON. The portrait of the English Queen Elizabeth II, exhibited at Westminster Abbey, was damaged by turquoise spray paint and will now be removed from the exhibition.
German police opened the case of a multimillion-dollar fake paintings
14.06.2013 MUNICH. German police announced the disclosure of an international group engaged in fake painting. Basically, the group specialized in falsifying the work of Russian avant-garde artists.
Tintoretto painting discovered in one of the museums in London
12.06.2013 One of the paintings in the collection of paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Victoria and Albert Museum), belongs to the brush of the Italian master Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Tintoretto).
England will turn into the largest gallery in the world
12.06.2013 The UK will become the largest art gallery in the world thanks to the unique Art Everywhere exhibition, which will turn thousands of billboards into exhibits of the most iconic works from the country’s national museum collections.