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Tiny Drawing of a Foot Is a Big Michelangelo Find

Rare, 5-inch drawing could fetch up to $2M at auction

(Newser) - A small chalk drawing of a foot is expected to fetch up to $2 million when it goes under the hammer at Christie's in New York in February. That's because, as Christie's explains, this foot has a place in one of the most famous frescos of all...

You Can Own an Italian Masterpiece on a Mere Lamborghini Budget

Italian officials are selling certified, limited edition digital copies for a fraction of the price

(Newser) - The last person to get their hands on a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci shelled out more than $450 million at auction. Now, the AP reports that Italian cultural officials are making it possible to purchase a limited edition, certified digital copy of the Renaissance genius' "Lady with...

Anish Kapoor Threatens Suit Over Border Patrol Photos

Artist says agents' photos at Chicago's Bean crossed the line

(Newser) - Anish Kapoor, the artist behind Chicago's iconic Cloud Gate sculpture, is considering another round of legal action in connection with "the Bean." The Guardian reports the Indian-born artist has taken issue with US Border Patrol agents' decision to pose for photos (see one here ) in front...

A Cash-Strapped College Sells Treasures to Survive

4 historic murals will change hands to save Talladega College

(Newser) - Stories of the financial straits that many colleges find themselves in aren't new. Talladega College's path out is a less typical one: It will sell some of its treasures. The historically Black institution in Alabama will part with four of its prized Hale Woodruff murals, and the New ...

$700K Picasso Painting Disappears on Way to Exhibit

'Still Life With Guitar' was being moved across Spain

(Newser) - Spanish authorities are searching for a $700,000 Pablo Picasso painting that disappeared while being transported across Spain. Picasso's "Still Life with Guitar," a small gouache and pencil work, was one of numerous artworks set to go on display in Granada in a show organized by the...

Statue of Trump, Epstein Pulled From National Mall
Trump-Epstein Statue
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Trump-Epstein Statue Returns to National Mall

New permit has been acquired for statue, yanked previously for allegedly violating another permit

(Newser) - A statue depicting President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking while holding hands, entitled "Best Friends Forever," was yanked from the National Mall on Sept. 24, but the bronze structure is now back, reports NBC News . Per the Washington Post , the 10-foot-tall statue had been removed by the National...

Italian Cops Seize 21 Dalis, Say They're Not Dalis

Italian authorities seize works in Parma after tip from Dali Foundation

(Newser) - Italian police swooped in on a Salvador Dali exhibition in Parma this week, seizing 21 pieces they suspect aren't quite the real deal. The Carabinieri's art heritage unit collected tapestries, engravings, drawings, and assorted objects from the "Salvador Dali: Between Art and Myth" exhibit, all said...

'Unexpected' Find in Rembrandt's Most Famous Piece

Dog from The Night Watch was modeled after drawing from lesser-known Dutch artist

(Newser) - It didn't exactly take dogged detective work for an art sleuth in Amsterdam to solve a canine conundrum dating back to the Dutch Golden Age. Anne Lenders, a curator at the city's landmark Rijksmuseum, said Tuesday that it was more or less by accident that she discovered that...

Scientists Solve Mystery of Jackson Pollock's Vivid Blue

Abstract expressionist used manganese blue, now discontinued

(Newser) - Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a vibrant, synthetic pigment known as manganese blue, per the AP . "Number 1A, 1948," showcases Pollock'...

A Communal Painting Project Is an Online 'Rebellion'

In WPlace, users log on to 'paint' a world map using pixels in real time

(Newser) - In one new corner of the internet, users are invited to "paint the world"—and paint they have. Images of Icelandic singer Laufey float over Reykjavík, while tributes for the late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla surround Corpus Christi, Texas. Squid Game fan art can be found on...

Van Gogh's Masterpieces in Danger, Says Museum

Van Gogh Museum, in need of renovation, takes legal action in fight to boost government subsidy

(Newser) - The Van Gogh Museum, guardian of the world's largest collection of works by Vincent Van Gogh, faces an uncertain future as a funding battle with the Dutch government threatens its ability to keep its doors open. The museum in Amsterdam, a top tourist draw with 1.8 million...

Banksy's 'Migrant Child' Gets a Lift

The 6-year-old work location along a Venice canal is taken down for restoration, future public display

(Newser) - Art restorers have removed a deteriorating piece of graffiti by the street artist Banksy titled "The Migrant Child" from the side of a building overlooking a Venetian canal to preserve the work for future public display, officials said Thursday. The removal from the wall of Palazzo San Pantalon was...

That $6.2M Banana? Someone Just Ate It. Again.

And nobody seems too upset

(Newser) - Well, when you duct-tape a perishable fruit to a wall, call it art, and sell it for $6.2 million, there is just bound to be a hungry museum-goer around. When last we checked in on the previous iteration of the banana known as The Comedian by Italian artist and...

Lorde Includes NSFW Image of Herself in New Album

Singer's new release raises eyebrows with pic of her nude crotch under see-through pants in insert

(Newser) - Lorde's latest album, Virgin, dropped on Friday, featuring 11 tracks and a little something extra that has some fans in a tizzy. USA Today reports that the Grammy-winning artist, known as Ella Yelich-O'Connor in her prefame life, included an eight-page picture booklet with the vinyl version of the...

Tourist Damages Painting in Quest for Jokey Photo

Italy's Uffizi Gallery says damage is minor, but it's going to beef up visitor rules

(Newser) - It's the latest entry in the annals of bumbling tourists damaging works of art. A man at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, tore an 18th-century portrait while posing for a photo, reports the Times of London. The incident took place Saturday, when the visitor tried to mimic...

On Display: A 200-Year-Old Condom With Naughty Art

Prophylactic decorated with erotic art is at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum

(Newser) - The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art. The Rijksmuseum said in a statement that the playful prophylactic, believed to be made around 1830 from a sheep's appendix, "...

Sleuths Figure Out Where Latest Banksy Piece Is

Mural of lighthouse is thought to be along the Rue Felix Fregier in the French city of Marseille

(Newser) - "He's back!" one enthusiast cheered on Thursday after Banksy posted what appeared to be his latest artwork—a wall mural depicting a lighthouse on a nondescript beige wall, along with the words, "I want to be what you saw in me" (check it out here )....

A Gasp in the Art World: Tate Modern Gets This Painting

The Joan Mitchell masterpiece 'Iva' is described as one of the most important works it has received

(Newser) - Britain's Tate Modern art museum on Thursday revealed a "transformational" donation that its director calls "one of the most important" works it has received, reports the BBC . "Iva," a 20-foot-long triptych by American abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell, was gifted to the museum by philanthropists Jorge...

Woman's $12 Auction Find May Be a Renoir

Pennsylvania's Heidi Markow is waiting for definitive verification on the charcoal drawing

(Newser) - A "seemingly routine" purchase of a small piece of art at a Pennsylvania sale earlier this year set Heidi Markow back just 12 bucks, but it now looks like it was a dozen dollars very well spent. The antiques store dealer says she was checking out an auction with...

Boston's Stolen Masterpieces May Not Have Gone Far

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's security director appeals for tips 35 years after heist

(Newser) - The empty frames hanging on the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston aren't a sign of work in progress. They're a symbol of the treasures lost and those that, 35 years later, might still be returned. At 1:24am on March 18, 1990, two thieves...

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