Emil Bührle acquired the painting «La Route montante» in March 1937 at an auction at the Moos Gallery in Geneva. Richard Semmel, a German-Jewish businessman and art collector had consigned the ...

Exemplifying the rare and magnificent lots offered in The Exceptional Sale on 1 July at Christie’s, a Union Jack Flown by HMS Spartiate at The Battle of Trafalgar will be a leading highlight during ...

O’Keeffe herself often commented that the colour and form of the flowers was more important than the subject matter, suggesting that she was interested in the natural form and capturing its beauty.

Sandro Botticelli, born Alessandro di Mariano Filipe around the year 1445, spent the majority of his life living and working in Florence. He was very well known and celebrated during his lifetime and ...

A rare condom dating from 1830 will go on display at the Rijksmuseum on 3 June 2025. This almost 200-year-old contraceptive – probably made from a sheep’s appendix – features an erotic etching ...

“I paint myself because I’m so often alone and because I am the subject I know best,” Frida Kahlo. Born and raised in Mexico to a German father and a Pacific Islander mother, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) ...

Emergency services remain at the scene as they work to successfully extinguish the blaze, the Mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol said: "Start of fire in progress on the spire of the cathedral of ...

She is concerned with sensorial aesthetics, ethics and criticism: the transformative and the transcendental ideas of art and philosophical practice. Senstad was educated at Parsons School of Design ...

Rome archaeologists on Wednesday announced the discovery of what they believe are the ruins of the Theatre of Nero whose location has always been a mystery. The legendary private theatre was built by ...

This mural is Richter's diploma thesis, with which he completed his studies at the Dresden University of Fine Arts under Professor Heinz Lohmar. In 1979 the painting was overpainted white to restore ...

Image: Keith Haring, Radiant Baby Haring was born in Pensylvania, USA in 1958. From an early age, he loved to draw and create images, copying cartoon images that he saw around him. After leaving ...

The 15th-century statue sustained minor damage. The monastery is grateful that the situation did not escalate further and, most importantly, that no one was physically harmed. "We deeply regret this ...