Read more about the article Three-Hundred-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Set To Become Most Expensive Instrument Ever Sold At USD 18M
Image shows the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin, undated photo. It is estimated to fetch up to USD 18 million (GBP 14 million) in New York, USA. (Sotheby's/NF/newsX)

Three-Hundred-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Set To Become Most Expensive Instrument Ever Sold At USD 18M

This 300-year-old Stradivarius violin is set to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction with an estimated price tag of between USD 12 million and USD 18…

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Read more about the article Aldi Customers Who Bought Famous Artist’s Work In Supermarket For Under EUR 25 To Sell It For EUR 5.2 Million
Cosmogolem, Giant of Hope, 42 x 32 cm, 2024. Aldi customers in Belgium bought Vanmechelen's artwork for 25 euros. (ID/Lieven Van Assche/NF/newsX)

Aldi Customers Who Bought Famous Artist’s Work In Supermarket For Under EUR 25 To Sell It For EUR 5.2 Million

Aldi customers who bought a number of paintings by a famous artist in the supermarket for next to nothing are selling them online for exorbitant prices, including one going for…

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Read more about the article Famous German Painter’s Last Piece Owned By Industrialist Who Saved Jews From Nazis Sells For EUR 3.7 Million
Image shows Max Beckmann's "Clown with Women and Young Clown" from 1950. It was sold for EUR 3.7 million (GBP 3 million) in Munich, Bavaria State, Germany. (Ketterer Kunst/NF/newsX)

Famous German Painter’s Last Piece Owned By Industrialist Who Saved Jews From Nazis Sells For EUR 3.7 Million

A famous German artist's last known painting has sold at auction for a whopping EUR 3.7 million, beating expectations that it would go for 'just' EUR 1.4 million. Max Beckmann…

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Read more about the article Modern Art Pure White Canvas To Sell For Over GBP 1.2 Million
Image shows Robert Ryman's General 52 x 52, from 1970. It is estimated to fetch EUR 1.5 million (GBP 1.2 million) in Munich, Bavaria State, Germany, in December 2024. (NF/newsX)

Modern Art Pure White Canvas To Sell For Over GBP 1.2 Million

A canvas painted completely white by modern art maestro Robert Ryman is to go under the hammer valued at over GBP 1.2 million. The 1970 minimal masterpiece is titled 'General…

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Read more about the article Scandal As Restored Cherubs At 18th Century Temple Are Turned Into ‘Stunned Cartoon Characters’
Picture shows the painted cherubs in a chapel in Soria, Spain, undated. The restoration of the cherubs of a hermitage provoked indignation. (Newsflash)

Scandal As Restored Cherubs At 18th Century Temple Are Turned Into ‘Stunned Cartoon Characters’

The restoration of a chapel which left the centuries-old cherubs inside looking like "stunned cartoon characters" hassparked so much outrage it forced authorities to close it down until it can…

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Read more about the article Man Spots Great Granny In Church’s Stained-Glass Window
Image shows the stained glass window in Linz's Mariendom, undated photo. It shows the Steineder family (the man on the right is Leopold Steineder, city carpenter of Linz, behind him his underage son Hans Steineder). (Federal Monuments Office, Bettina Neubauer-Pregl/Newsflash)

Man Spots Great Granny In Church’s Stained-Glass Window

Art experts restoring a cathedral's stained glass windows in Austria were astonished when a local identified five of his ancestors in the artwork. Art historians have been conducting a painstaking…

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Read more about the article Young Master Began Painting Aged Just 10 Months
Young Bento Benatti, 6, poses in undated photo. Bento, who has been painting since 10 months old, exhibited his paintings for the first time at the Municipal Theatre in his hometown of Araxa, Brazil, on Thursday, 13 June, 2024. (Fccb Cultura/Newsflash)

Young Master Began Painting Aged Just 10 Months

A six-year-old art genius who began painting at just 10 months old has amazed critics with his first public exhibition. Bento Benatti fell in love with art as a baby…

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Read more about the article Smuggler Seized With Ancient GBP 1.2 Million Mosaic Of Virgin Mary From Time Of Christ
Photo shows 2,000-year-old mosaic of Virgin Mary, undated. The artefact was retrieved by police while searching the home of illegal smuggler S.K. 29, who tried to sell it for TRY 50 million (GBP 1.2 million) in Manisa, Turkey. (Mehmet Ersoy/Newsflash)

Smuggler Seized With Ancient GBP 1.2 Million Mosaic Of Virgin Mary From Time Of Christ

An ancient mosaic dating back 2,000 years to the time of Christ and showing the face of the Virgin Mary has been seized from a smuggler in Turkey who was…

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Read more about the article War Museum Terminators Made From Recycled Junk
Footage shows giant Transformer Bumblebee exhibit at a landfill in Irkutsk, Russia, undated. The collection consists of various exhibits created by landfill staff in a local workshop. (Newsflash)

War Museum Terminators Made From Recycled Junk

Line of movie Terminators created from scrap metal and junk for a warfare museum in Russia. Inventor Alexander Rastorguev assembled the scary squad for his 'At The Landfill' museum using…

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