Rare portrait of teenage Mozart could fetch $1.3M at auction
A rare portrait of a teenage Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart smashed auction estimates to sell for over 4 million euros ($4.4 million) in Paris on Wednesday.
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The science behind Jackson Pollock's painting technique
American painter Jackson Pollock is remembered for his abstract-expressionist art and "drip technique." But researchers who studied his work wanted to take a deeper look at the science behind his art.
Painting stolen by Nazis before WWII recovered from New York museum
A painting that has been in a New York museum for decades has been recovered by the FBI because the Nazis stole it from a Jewish family that fled Germany before World War II.
How overtourism killed spontaneous travel
Picture the scene. You're on vacation. You've had a slow morning wandering round, a long lunch and a stroll around the city. You realize you're near that gallery you've been meaning to visit -- so you walk over.
Louvre debuts its biggest ever Leonardo exhibition
The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, is opening its largest ever Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the artist's death.
Japanese artist's decade-old doodle skyrockets in value
The walls of most bars are adorned with artwork of some kind, including the doodles of patrons after a few drinks. But a Manhattan bar has a set of doodles that could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Collection of paintings by famed chimp to go on sale for $250,000
Fifty-five paintings by a chimpanzee -- whose works have been acquired by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and the Duke of Edinburgh -- will go on sale at a London
Climate activists paint murals on San Francisco streets
Climate activists took to the streets in San Francisco and painted murals directly on two blocks of the city Financial District's main thoroughfare.
Lost Cimabue masterpiece found in Paris kitchen
A lost 13th-century masterpiece has sold for almost 24.2 million Euros ($26.8 million), just months after it was found hanging in a French kitchen.
Anthony Bourdain's possessions will be auctioned off
For years before his death, Anthony Bourdain brought the world and its cultures into our homes.
