A German court has ruled in favour of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and said that all of the evidence including paintings worth millions that were seized from his luxury yacht…
An international team of archaeologists has restored a series of rare ceiling paintings showing astrological signs of the Zodiac in an ancient Egyptian temple. The researchers, from the University of…
A super-rare Andy Warhols work could become the most expensive 20th century artwork to go under the hammer in a sale of more than 100 paintings from one of the…
These are the paintings a famous artist has created on 100 million-year-old dinosaur eggs for Orthodox Easter. In many countries, the sale in fossils to private individuals is not forbidden…
Cave paintings dating back some five millennia have been vandalised at an archaeological site in Mexico. At least 100 of the 200-plus pre-Hispanic paintings were damaged at the Cueva de…
This young Egyptian makeup artist uses everyday household items to create impressive horror face-paintings. Rawda Hassan, better known as Rua, 17, is a tourism student who hails from the north-eastern…
This Chinese artist creates such incredibly realistic 3D paintings of fish that his cats constantly lick and try to catch them thinking they are real. Mr. Ling Xun who lives…
Over 60 exhibits - including Egyptian sarcophagi and 19th-Century paintings - have been damaged with oily liquid splatters in Berlin's Museum Island complex. Museum bosses said the 63 exhibits, situated…
Vandals have reportedly wrecked a Stone Age cave in Turkey, painting over or smashing away wall paintings that were over 42,000 years old. The shocking vandalsim took place at Palanli…
Two nude paintings by a famous Icelandic painter have been removed from the country's central bank after a complaint by a staff member that they were too rude. The Central…