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12.02.2016 NEW YORK. In Belgian Ghent, there is one of the most significant examples of Western medieval painting - the altar of Jan van Eyck, painted for the Cathedral of St. Bavon in 1432.
11.02.2016 Nothing human is alien to geniuses. Often, they had to solve their creative questions or prove their case with the help of fists. We present you an overview of the most desperate fights in the history of painting.
26.01.2016 LONDON. In Henry Gillard Glindoni’s painting, “John Dee performing an experiment before Elizabeth I”, experts found mysterious figures hidden from the eyes of a picturesque medieval alchemist and mathematician John Dee layer.
25.01.2016 BERLIN. A group of experts created by the German government to investigate the history of the collection of more than 1,500 works of art discovered in 2012 claims that only five paintings were illegally seized by the Nazis from Jews during World War II.
22.01.2016 SUSSEX. More than half a century ago, specialists at the National Gallery in London explored the attics of a house in West Sussex, trying, among dirty family portraits, twilight landscapes and religious works, to choose those paintings that the government would accept instead of cash to pay off a huge inheritance tax.
19.01.2016 Two businessmen were taken into custody by the Turkish authorities after they tried to sell a painting allegedly brought into the country by smuggling. The painting belongs to the brush of the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (Anthony van Dyck). According to unofficial information, the detainees are Turkish citizens.
14.01.2016 PARIS. While Guy Wildenstein was charged with tax fraud and money laundering in Paris, another French court made the final decision about the fate of Monet’s painting, which was the subject of a fierce struggle between its owner and Wildenstein Art Institute.
26.12.2015 LOS ANGELES. 17th century Dutch painter Isaac van Ostade always considered a calmer artist than his brother and teacher Adrian (Adriaen van Ostade) known for its funny and sometimes impudent scenes from the everyday life of peasants.
15.12.2015 AMSTERDAM. A collection of paintings stolen ten years ago in the Netherlands is up for sale in Ukraine.
12.12.2015 Well-known counterfeiter Shaun Greenhalgh claims to have faked a picture Leonardo La Bella Principessa (Fair Princess), valued at £ 150 million.
10.12.2015 MOSCOW / LONDON. Price and value - in the art market it is especially difficult to determine any laws regarding these categories. How to understand the real value of a piece of art? In fact, this continues to be a secret not only for fans, but also for professionals.
