Read more about the article Last Ever Velazquez To Go Under Hammer Sells For Staggering EUR 4.27 Million At Auction
'Portrait of a Knight' painted by Velazquez that goes up for auction in Madrid. (Newsflash)

Last Ever Velazquez To Go Under Hammer Sells For Staggering EUR 4.27 Million At Auction

A painting by legendary 17th century Spanish artist Diego Velazquez has been sold at auction for a staggering EUR 4.27 million. The remarkably preserved oil painting 'Retrato de caballero' ('Portrait…

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Read more about the article Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII
The painting named 'Bild mit Hausern' (Painting with Houses) by Wassily Kandinsky that was handed over to the heirs of the original owners in the Netherlands. (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Newsflash)

Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII

A museum in Amsterdam has returned a Kandinsky painting worth millions to the descendants of its Jewish owners who had to sell it under duress to escape the Nazis during…

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Read more about the article Security Guard Who Drew Eyes On GBP 731,000 Painting Claims Teen Girls Asked Him To Do It
The security guard Alexander Vasiliev who drew with a pen eyes on the picture for 75 million. (Newsflash)

Security Guard Who Drew Eyes On GBP 731,000 Painting Claims Teen Girls Asked Him To Do It

The security guard who allegedly drew eyes on a GBP-731,000 painting claims some teenage girls gave him a pen, claimed the work of art was theirs, and asked him to…

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Read more about the article Valuable Modern Art Painting Destroyed After Bored Security Guard Draws Eyes On Faceless Figures On 1st Day At Work
A vandal added eyes to non-objective figures in Anna Leporskaya's painting at an exhibition at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, Russia in December 2021. (Newsflash)

Valuable Modern Art Painting Destroyed After Bored Security Guard Draws Eyes On Faceless Figures On 1st Day At Work

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,…

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Read more about the article Rare Painting Worth GBP 35 Million Saved From Nazis To Be Sold At Auction By Christies In London
Franz Marc's painting named The Foxes (1913) which will be auctioned at Christie's in London in England for GBP 35 Million. (Kunstpalast - ARTOTHEK/Newsflash)

Rare Painting Worth GBP 35 Million Saved From Nazis To Be Sold At Auction By Christies In London

A painting which was sold to German-American film director William Dieterle in 1940 to avoid it being destroyed by the Nazis during World War II is set to be auctioned…

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Read more about the article Artist Paints Woman Of His Dreams Then Marries One Who Looks Exactly Like Her
Iranian artist Ahad Saadi, painted the woman of his dreams years ago and met Parisa Karamnezhad, (pictured) who resembled this portrait in an exhibition he held in 2009. (Ahad Saadi/Newsflash)

Artist Paints Woman Of His Dreams Then Marries One Who Looks Exactly Like Her

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An artist painted this portrait of his 'dream woman' a year before he met his wife who looks exactly like the woman in the painting. Ahad Saadi, 41, told Newsflash…

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Read more about the article Experts Fix Bungled Church Painting Restoration After Saint Peter Was Turned Into Doubting Thomas
The painting 'Thomas kissing the hand of Christ' located in the Saint Peter and Paul Church, in Pulle, Belgium, before it was restored and discovered that it was overpainted and showed Thomas in the painting.

Experts Fix Bungled Church Painting Restoration After Saint Peter Was Turned Into Doubting Thomas

Experts in Belgium have fixed a bungled restoration the painting linked with Flemish Grand Master Rubens that saw Saint Peter being handed the keys to the kingdom of heaven by…

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Read more about the article Golden Jug Worth Over GBP 1 Million That French King Louis XV Gave To His Mistress To Be Auctioned
The silver gilt ewer and basin for the Marquis and Marquise de Montmelas by Jean-Baptiste-Francois Cheret in 1770 which is estimated at GBP 1 Million.

Golden Jug Worth Over GBP 1 Million That French King Louis XV Gave To His Mistress To Be Auctioned

A golden jug worth over GBP 1 million that the French King Louis XV gave to his mistress is to be sold at auction. An exceptional goldsmith and silversmith collection…

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Read more about the article Never Seen Van Gogh Painting To Go On Auction After 100 Years In Private Collection
The painting 'Scene de rue a Montmartre' by Vincent van Gogh, which he painted while living in Paris, exhibited in Zuid in Amsterdam

Never Seen Van Gogh Painting To Go On Auction After 100 Years In Private Collection

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This unseen Vincent van Gogh painting is being exhibited for the first time ever after gathering dust in a private collection for over a century and will soon go on…

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