January 2012--The restoration of a painting by Rubens from London’s Courtauld Gallery has revealed that the work was probably not a commission, but created for the speculative market. Cain Slaying Abel, around 1608-09—one of the most significant works by the artist in the Courtauld’s collection—...

November 2011--ROME (Reuters) - Art restorers have discovered the figure of a devil hidden in the clouds of one of the most famous frescos by Giotto in the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, church officials said on Saturday. The devil was hidden in the details of clouds at the top of fresco number 20 in the cycle of the scene...

October 2011-- A new biography of Vincent van Gogh and a “60 Minutes” report on it scheduled for Sunday night call into question the long-accepted notion — central to the myth of the troubled artist — that he committed suicide. In the book, “Van Gogh: The Life,” due out next week, the Pulitze...

October 2011--Bob Dylan faced uncomfortable questions Wednesday over several paintings in a New York exhibition by the prolific singer-songwriter that appear to have been copied directly from other artists' photographs. The paintings are part of a show at the Gagosian Gallery titled "The Asia Series," billed as "a visual reflect...

AMSTERDAM -- The Van Gogh Museum said its experts now believe one of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings previously thought to be a self-portrait actually depicts his brother, Theo. If true, it would be the only known painting of Theo, although Vincent made several sketches of his brother, who supported him financially and was his lifel...

MEXICO CITY -- Experts said Thursday that a trove of 1,200 art works displayed at prominent Mexican gallery as the work of famed artist Frida Kahlo are forgeries. The works, owned by the art dealer Carlos Noyola and his wife, had been on exhibit at a gallery in San Miguel Allende in central Mexico. But experts said there was...

A large bronze sculpture of a woman's back by Henri Matisse has sold for nearly 49 million dollars in New York, setting a new record for the French impressionist. Measuring 74.5 inches (189.2 cm), "Nu de dos" was the star of the auction at Christie's. It went under the hammer just a day after rival Sotheb...

February 2011-- For centuries, people have been speculating about who modeled for Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." Was it Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine merchant? Was it Isabella of Aragon? Was it the artist himself, as some experts believe? Or was it, as new research suggests, none of the above? An Italian art histo...

THE HAGUE (AFP) -- A painting attributed for 300 years to a pupil of Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn was in fact the work of the 17th century master himself, a Rotterdam museum said Wednesday. "Up to now, we thought that the canvas was painted by a student of Rembrandt," Boijmans van Beuningen museum spokeswoman Carola...

Allan Cameron, the production designer of the 2006 movie,  The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou,  had an interesting task at hand. His job was to recreate the Louvre museum  for Ron Howard’s movie even if they were  given the permission from the Louvre director Henri...

Pablo Picasso’s “The Actor” painting which depicts a gaunt male figure in a dusty pink costume was gouged on Friday, January 25 2010 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when a museumgoer fell into the artwork that left a six-inch gash. Donated by the automobile heiress, Thelma Froy and daughter of Walter...