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…
A man who bought a painting at a local flea market for a few hundred pounds was stunned to learn it was the work of a famous artist and worth…
A long-lost portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has sold for nearly GBP 26 million at auction, considerably less than expected. The auction took place in the Austrian capital Vienna…
Ghost-thrusters moment when an art-loving spook apparently shoves a painting along a wall in front of screaming holidaymakers. Chilling social media footage recorded in a rented house in Miramar, Argentina,…
An artist who smuggled one of her own paintings into a museum exhibition where it hung on the wall for weeks before the switch was noticed has auctioned the work…
A group of villagers have invoked the wrath of the locals after they vandalised two 1,400-old Buddha statues by painting them with vivid colours claiming it was for religious offerings.…
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…
A 19th-century royal painting missing for more than 100 years is to go under the hammer for EUR 160,000 after it was rediscovered in a private collection. The artwork, 'La…
A painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso estimated at EUR 1.5 million (GBP 1.3m) to EUR 2.5 million (GBP 2.2m) is due to go under the hammer in Germany. The…
A 49-year-old orangutan who had a brush with fame when his mate became an international artist has been put down by vets at his zoo. Vladimir became a celebrity when…