Read more about the article Fury As Rebuild For GBP 2 Million Statue Of Saintly Teen Girl Turns Her Into Hatchet Faced Hag
Picture shows the statue of the Benigna Girl is completed in Santana do Cariri, Ceara, Brazil, undated. It is going to be rebuilt due to lack of resemblance to Catholic martyr. (Governo do Ceara/Newsflash/NX)

Fury As Rebuild For GBP 2 Million Statue Of Saintly Teen Girl Turns Her Into Hatchet Faced Hag

A giant statue built to honour a saintly 13-year-old girl macheted to death by a rapist is to be rebuilt after furious followers said it looked like a hatchet faced…

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Read more about the article Jesus And Virgin Mary Left Looking Like ‘Simpsons’ Characters After 19th-Century Shrine’s Botched Restoration
Picture shows the historic chapel after the "renovation", undated. The shrine is located close to the southern Polish village of Studzionka, Poland. (Newsflash/NX)

Jesus And Virgin Mary Left Looking Like ‘Simpsons’ Characters After 19th-Century Shrine’s Botched Restoration

A religious shrine dating back to the 19th century has been mocked after a botched restoration attempt left the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ with cartoonish-looking faces. The shrine, located…

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Read more about the article Images Of Incredible Dionysus Frescoes Unearthed In Pompeii
Picture shows the room with frescoes in Pompeii, undated. It depicts the procession of Dionysus. (POMPEII/Newsflash/NX)

Images Of Incredible Dionysus Frescoes Unearthed In Pompeii

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Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes depicting initiation rites of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine and ecstasy. The discovery was made in a banquet hall…

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Read more about the article Painting By Zoo’s Panda Is Top Prize In Lottery For Fans
This is the moment a panda cub paints at Moscow Zoo, Russia in a video posted on Thursday, January 02, 2025. (Moscow Zoo/CZ/newsX)

Painting By Zoo’s Panda Is Top Prize In Lottery For Fans

This is the adorable moment a male panda impresses keepers with his painting skills. The panda called Zhui, who resides at the Moscow Zoo in the Russian capital, was spotted…

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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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