Photo shows tiny fleck of paint, taken from the 'Mona Lisa', undated. The fleck is revealing insights into previously unknown steps of the artists process. (Adapted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07000/Newsflash)

Researchers Discover Mona Lisa Masterpiece Contains Toxic Pigment Mix

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:October 17, 2023

Researchers have discovered that Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa masterpiece contains toxic paint. The new study says that a recent analysis of both the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper…

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Photo shows a painting of Newell Convers Wyeth, called Ramona, undated. Newell Convers Wyeth, known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American painter and illustrator. (Bonhams Skinner/Newsflash)

USD 5 Charity Shop Painting Was USD 200,000 Masterpiece

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:October 2, 2023

A painting bought in a charity shop for just USD 5 has been sold at auction as a modern masterpiece for nearly USD 200,000. The lucky buyer, who has not…

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Picture shows the painting that could be by Pablo Picasso, undated. It is believed that the dictator Adolf Hitler is represented in a caricatured manner. (Team Arte in Fuga da Hitler/Newsflash)

Painting From Train Station That Ridicules Hitler Was Probably Painted By Picasso Say Experts

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:August 29, 2022

A 1930s artwork that pokes fun at Hitler and was believed to have been found years ago in a train station may have been painted by Picasso. ‘The Eye of…

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'The Portrait of a Woman' by Klimt that was found by two gardeners in Piacenza, Italy in 2019, in a garbage bag. (Newsflash)

Gallery Gardeners Dig In Their Heels Over EUR-100,000 Finder’s Fee

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:July 20, 2022

Gardeners who found a stolen Klimt masterpiece sealed into a wall in a bin bag are demanding a finder's fee worth EUR 100,000. Gustav Klimt's 'Portrait of a Lady' disappeared…

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Titian's Penitent Magdalen which was considered lost, but was recently found in a private collection in London in England and will now be auction in the Dorotheum auction house in Austria's capital Vienna. (Newsflash)

Titian Masterpiece Snapped Up For 70 GBP Now Sold For 4.1 Million Pounds

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:May 19, 2022

A painting by famous Renaissance artist Titian once traded for just less than GBP 70 in London over 100 years ago has been auctioned for a whopping EUR 4.8 million…

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Titian's Penitent Magdalen which was considered lost, but was recently found in a private collection in London in England and will now be auction in the Dorotheum auction house in Austria's capital Vienna. (Newsflash)

Titian Masterpiece Believed Lost For 150 Years After Being Owned By Englishman Set To Fetch Over GBP 1 Million At Auction

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:May 9, 2022

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…

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