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Pictures of the 14-year-old Mini-Monet from Norfolk cost 2 million pounds
14.09.2016 NORFOLK. Like all teenagers, 14-year-old Kieron Williamson likes to kick the ball with his friends after school on the field in his village of Ladem, in Norfolk (East of England). But outside the football field, it is very different from peers. A few years ago, reporters nicknamed Kiron Williamson "Mini-Monet."
A £ 50,000 painting was found on a used-goods site
10.09.2016 BRUSSELS. A painting bought through a used-goods website was identified as the work of Dutch abstract artist Willem de Kooning, lost many years ago. The portrait of the child was purchased by a Belgian couple for 450 euros (about 390 pounds) last year. Now its value is estimated at 50,000 pounds.
The secret of the appearance of a white spot in the picture of Edward Munch’s "Scream" is revealed
07.09.2016 OSLOTo determine the origin of the spot on the version Edward Munch’s Scream (Edvard Munch, The Scream), which was written in 1893 and is now in the collection of the Norway’s National Museum, the researchers used X-ray diffraction. For a long time they thought that the spot was a trace of bird droppings, but it turned out that this was not so.
The artist had to prove in court that he was not the author of the painting, estimated at 10 million US dollars
01.09.2016 CHICAGO. The Scottish artist was sued after he refused to confirm the authenticity of the painting, painted forty years ago and signed by his name.
Lucian Freud is recognized as the author of the picture, despite the rejection of it
27.07.2016 LONDONBBC experts argue that the controversial painting, worth 300,000 pounds, was painted precisely by Lucian Freud, despite the fact that the artist himself denied his authorship throughout his life. Fiona Bruce and art historian Philip Mold, authors of the Fake or Fortune Air Force program, are sure that it was Freud who painted the picture of a man in a black tie.
Nazi-stolen art returned to the Nazis
27.07.2016 MUNICHDecades after World War II, more than 10,000 works of art confiscated by the Nazis in Bavaria, according to official statistics, returned to their rightful owners, including descendants of Jewish families. A new scandalous investigation reveals how families of former Nazis persecuted Bavarian officials in attempts to return the transferred art objects, which they continued to regard as their property.
More than ten thousand stolen artifacts seized from the house of an antique dealer in Bullas
29.06.2016 BULLIAS. The fact that Benito Amor kept archaeological and cultural values at home was revealed back in March.
The German collector refused to cooperate with museums in England because of the country’s exit from the EU
29.06.2016 EDINBURGH. Leading German collector Heiner Pietzsch announced that he would not provide art from his personal collection to museums in England if the country left the European Union. Instead, Pitch is ready to collaborate with museums in Scotland.
The stolen marble head of the first emperor of Rome returned to Italy
20.06.2016 A marble sculpture of the head of the first emperor of Rome, stolen and exported from the country forty years ago, returned to the capital of Italy.
Smithsonian Museum will not open a branch in London
19.06.2016 LONDON. The Smithsonian Museum will not open a branch in London. The museum management abandoned this idea in favor of cooperation with the Albert and Victoria Museum and will place its collections in their new building in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Cambridge restored almost completely destroyed picture of the Renaissance
07.06.2016 CAMBRIDGE. The Fitzwilliam Museum presented to the public a painting by the Renaissance artist Sebastiano del Piombo “Adoration of the Shepherds”.
Scientists have discovered the cause of spots on Leonardo’s self portrait
06.06.2016 VEIN. Using a new, non-invasive method of sampling for DNA analysis, scientists were able to determine which particular fungus left such noticeable traces in the da Vinci painting
Paris closes the Louvre and Orsay
04.06.2016 PARIS. Two of the world’s greatest art museums take extraordinary measures to protect their collections from flooding caused by rising water levels in the Seine.
$ 23 Million Claims Filed Against Christie’s Warehouses For Careless Storage Of Art
21.05.2016 NEW YORK. Christie’s auction house may have to pay up to $ 23 million for damaged artwork affected by the Brooklyn flood in 2012.
French mechanic acquired Renoir’s long-lost painting for 700 euros
13.05.2016 LION. Ahmed Ziani, a resident of Lyon, who has been reselling works of art since losing his job as a mechanic, may have stumbled upon a long-lost masterpiece by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.