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The painting was cut by the suffragette Mary Richardson, apparently in protest at the arrest of Emmeline Pankhurst, one of the leaders of the group campaigning for the right of women to vote in elections. The two protesters, named as 20-year-old Harrison Donnelly and 22-year-old Hanan by the group, shouted at London's National Gallery about the need to "just stop oil," with Donnelly saying "mil...

A museum exhibit displaying Aztec ritual offerings dug up from underneath downtown Mexico City opened on Friday in a first-ever showcase that offers new insight into pre-Hispanic art and religious practices. The artifacts, all crafted from wood, include finely carved masks, sculpted scepters believed to have been wielded by ancient gods, and weapons that were buried with sacrificed animals dres...

A painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was stolen from a small Dutch museum in 2020 during a COVID-19 lockdown has been recovered, the institution which owns the artwork, said on Tuesday. “We have incredible good news. The painting ‘Spring Garden’ … is back with the Groninger Museum three and half years after the theft,” the museum said in a statement. The painting, which dates from 1884, was stol...

ROME (Reuters) - History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new walkway on the ancient site on Tuesday. Accounts, embellished by William Shakespeare, tell how the Roman dictator was stabbed to death by a group of aggrieved senators on the Ides of March - March 15 - in 44 BC. According to tradition, he d...

LONDON (Reuters) - London's Victoria and Albert Museum draws inspiration from some of the world's best-known performers for its summer exhibition, celebrating their talent, creativity and influence. Titled "DIVA", the exhibition features some 60 costumes and 250 items from screen sirens and stage stars from the 19th century to today, many displayed for the first time. Highlights include a dress...

The last-ever portrait Austrian artist Gustav Klimt painted before he died is headed for auction next week, with a price estimate of $80 million. "Dame mit Fächer" ("Lady with a Fan") - a portrait of an unnamed woman - was still on an easel in Klimt's studio when the painter died in February 1918. It leads Sotheby's Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction on June 27 in London, with a price estima...

Peruvian archaeologists unearthed a more than 1,000-year-old mummy on the outskirts of the modern capital on Monday, in the latest discovery dating back to pre-Inca times. (Via Reuters) Read more ARSCRONICA.COM arscronica.com

To glow again: the fight to save Hong Kong's fading neon signs Hong Kong, China Neon signs once transformed Hong Kong's oldest neighbourhoods into a kaleidoscope of luminous colour after dark, but most have been removed with a few lucky ones now piled up in a ramshackle yard. AFPTV

Viennese Museum of Art Fakes exhibits forged works to tell counterfeiters' 'fascinating' stories With lives and careers spent forging the works of famous painters, from Monet to Picasso, art's most famous counterfeiters have their own museum. The Museum of Art Fakes (Fälschermuseum), in Vienna, pays homage to art's great fakers and tells their fascinating stories: why they started, be it reveng...

High school students and their tutors in Cyprus have developed a prototype robot powered with ChatGPT artificial intelligence technology to harness and improve teaching experiences in the classroom. (Reuters)

Amid the wide debate on the figure of Picasso and his relationship with the women in his life, the president of the National Picasso Museum in Paris, Cécile Debray, asked in an interview with EFE to deal with this issue "in a historical way" and with "a little more serenity".(EFE Via Reuters) ARSCRONICA.COM arscronica.com

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his latest large-scale project in London on Wednesday (April 5), a 49 feet-long (15 meters) recreation of Claude Monet's "Water Lilies'" made with nearly 650,000 studs of LEGO bricks, in 22 colors. (Reuters) ARSCRONICA.COM arscronica.com

Artist duo Gilbert & George are bringing their vision of the world to a dedicated new exhibition venue in east London, with much of the program shown for free in line with their "art for all" ethos. ARSCRONICA.COM arscronica.com

Art Basel Hong Kong will open its doors to the international art community on Thursday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. (EFE Via Reuters) ARSCRONICA.COM arscronica.com

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UN/Rijksmuseum exhibition ”Slavery. Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery”

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Warhol in the desert: flamboyant art icon pops up in Saudi | ARSCRONICA

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World's oldest Hebrew Bible could fetch up to $50 million at auction | ARSCRONICA

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Artworks of Marc Chagall come to life in immersive exhibition in Paris | ARSCRONICA

AERIAL SHOTS of Antakya, Turkey's ancient city left in ruins