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Borghese Gallery will create a new online database of Caravaggio
22.09.2017 The Borghese Gallery received funding from the Fendi fashion house in the amount of 1.3 million eurosThe grant will help create a digital database that will describe in detail all aspects of the life and work of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who mastered the technique of contrasting light and shadow and whose popularity has grown significantly over the past century.
How photography becomes the new leader in art investments
21.09.2017 LONDON. Wealthy investors are buying fewer paintings while photo prices are rising.
A museum dedicated to street art opens in Berlin
21.09.2017 BERLIN. On Saturday, a museum of graffiti and street art for public places will open in Berlin, and projects by local and international street artists will be exhibited on the facade of its building.
"Van Gogh. With love, Vincent" - a film painted in oil on canvas
10.08.2017 A great biographical film (actually a cartoon) is ready for rental, telling about the mysterious death of Vincent van Gogh.
Museum curator Mascarel identified the painting by Paul Cezanne
15.07.2017 WILLIAMSBURG. Analysis and testing of The Miracle of a Slave confirmed the assumption that it was written by Paul Cezanne as a copy of the original work about 300 years ago.
Two for the price of one: an X-ray revealed the lost treasure of Frederick Basil
22.05.2017 While visitors to the National Gallery of Art in Washington are enjoying a new exhibition dedicated to the magnificent landscapes and chamber portraits of the Impressionists, Ann Gallery Hoenigswald, gallery restorer, explores the canvases in search of traces that could indicate the presence of hidden compositions under existing works .
Michelangelo’s portrait exhibited at the National Gallery of London may be fake
27.04.2017 We previously wrote about an unusual exhibition at the National Gallery of London (National Gallery), designed to highlight the creative partnership of the great Michelangelo (Michelangelo) and his student, Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano del Piombo)The exposition caused a lot of controversy, and recently there was also a scandal.
How to steal Van Gogh?
28.03.2017 AMSTERDAM, “Some people are born as teachers, some as footballers. I am a born robber. ” So says Octave Durham, who stole two priceless paintings by Vincent van Gogh on the evening of December 7, 2002.
The Vatican has released a unique three-volume with photographs of the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel
08.03.2017 VATICAN. The last time the treasures of the Sistine Chapel were photographed for future generations at a time when digital photography had just appeared, and words like “pixel” were used only by computer nerds and NASA scientists.
Michelangelo and Sebastiano: an exhibition that should not have been
02.03.2017 LONDONThe large joint exhibition of Michelangelo Buonarroti and Sebastiano del Piombo, which opened at the National Gallery in London, was supposed to help the audience to explore the “creative partnership” between the great Renaissance master and his follower.
New van Dyck sketch found
27.02.2017 PARIS. "The best of my students." It was with these words written by the diplomat, Secretary of State and renowned art collector Dudley Carleton that Pieter Paul Rubens described Anthony van Dyck, a young artist with exceptionally early talent who worked in his studio.
Uffizi Gallery will present an exhibition of the first artist of the Renaissance
07.02.2017 The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is about to rectify the greatest historical gender injustice: starting in March this year, one of the oldest museums in the world intends to organize more exhibitions of women artistsThe first exhibition will be dedicated to the work of Suor Plautilla Nelli (Suor Plautilla Nelli, 1523-1587), a nun who is known as the first artist of the Renaissance.
400 works of art can leave the walls of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
06.02.2017 The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid found itself in a difficult situation - a lease on a collection owned by 73-year-old Baroness Carmen Cervera, widow of industrial tycoon Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza ), who died in 2002, came to an end on Monday, January 30th.
Vatican unveils updated museum site
03.02.2017 VATICAN. The Vatican has introduced an updated website with a simple, but at the same time more elegant and sophisticated design. The site is available on any type of device, with any operating system.
Stolen 2 years ago and found in Morocco Madonna Gverchino was in terrible condition
01.02.2017 CASABLANCA. “Madonna with the Saints John the Evangelist and Gregory the Wonderworker” by Guercino was stolen in 2014 and was only recently discovered in Casablanca.