German police have raided the homes of climate activists suspected of having damaged property at an art gallery. The raids, which took part today (24th November), as part of a police investigation into an attack by climate activists in Dresden's Old Masters Gallery, reportedly involved about 60 police officers in…
Art experts in the Netherlands have claimed that a piece long thought to be an imitation was actually painted by Rembrandt himself. "The Raising of the Cross" oil sketch had been left forgotten for a century in a corner of the Museum Bredius in The Hague since its acquisition in…
German authorities have returned a total of 179 art pieces to Nigeria after they were stolen during British colonial invasions in the former Kingdom of Benin. The decision to deliver the so-called Benin bronzes back to the African federal republic was made by the Senate of the city of Hamburg,…
A curious student researching historic buildings has discovered the world’s oldest functioning paternoster lift. Art history student Robin Augenstein, 32, studied construction plans of houses built in the port area of Hamburg, northern Germany, for a seminar at university four years ago. He noticed that historic blueprints of a heritage-protected…
A painting by famous Renaissance artist Titian which was considered lost for over 150 years will be auctioned at one of the world's oldest auction houses after it was recently rediscovered having been privately owned by an Englishman for years. The artwork, called 'Penitent Magdalen', will be showcased free of…
Adolf Hitler has gone on display at the Jewish Museum in Vienna as part of a project focusing on the creator of one of the most important contemporary art collections in the world. Stefan Edlis was just 16 when he fled the Austrian capital Vienna in 1941 with his mother…
Armoured knights used bizarre upturned codpieces to attract woman at parties, a new exhibition of medieval clothing has revealed. And the fashion was often adopted by bold, 'gender-fluid' noblewomen to show off their power, the display at the Art History Museum (Kunsthistorisches Museum) in the Austrian capital, Vienna, explains. Men…
The mystery surrounding a stolen ancient golden Egyptian sarcophagus that was sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City using forged export documents has been solved with the arrest of a German citizen in Hamburg. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has since returned the…
Cops in Spain have recovered the last part of a valuable 17th century Flemish tapestry stolen from a Spanish church by notorious art thief Erik 'The Belgian' in 1980. The Spanish National Police said in a press release on Friday, 18th February, that they had recovered the last missing part…
A valuable modern art painting has been destroyed after a bored security guard on his first day of work drew eyes on the faceless figures depicted in it. The painting, which was created by Anna Leporskaya, a student of Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich, was defaced at the Yeltsin Centre,…