On the 8th May 2015, one of the Duke of Wellington’s paintings in Apsley House know as The Titian’s Mistress was being restored. Having come into his collection in 1813, experts believed the painting was a copy produced by later followers after Titian’s death in 1576. However, after years of dirt, grime and overpainting were… Read more »
The iconic ‘Snorting Copper’ by Banksy has been successfully restored and returned to its rightful home in Shoreditch, London. The artwork, which first appeared on a public toilet block in 2001, had been subject to considerable damage. Property developers bought the site and proceeded with restoring Banksy’s embattled work by contacting the Fine Art Restoration… Read more »
Florent Aziosmanoff has created a new interactive version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Named “Living Mona Lisa”, she’s equipped with the same motion-sensing device that’s used in interactive video games. This allows her to pick up spectators’ movements and respond depending on her mood. Jean-Claude Heudin, who is the head of the Paris Internet… Read more »
St Mary’s Church in Wanstead has reached out to the public to help them raise money to restore their 17th Century painting. Much to their relief, it has been confirmed that their painting is a contemporary studio copy of The Entombment of Christ, by Il Guercino. The painting has had pride of place above the… Read more »
On Sunday 23rd August 2015, a 12 year old boy tripped and punched a hole in a $1.5 million painting. This is the first time that a piece of art loaned to Taiwan has suffered such damage. He was recorded on camera, tripping over the rope barrier around the 17th century oil painting “Flowers” at “The… Read more »
Joel Alexander Greene was sued on the 31st July 2015 after failing to provide sufficient documentation for the provenance of works of art he had donated to the Honolulu Art Museum. This is following Department of Homeland Security seizing seven of the works donated after being informed they were smuggled into America. All of the… Read more »
It’s no secret that the key to artists promoting and selling their work is to get people to look at it. They need to catch their attention, and Guido Salimbeni has found a completely new way of doing so. The Italian artist has started to embrace 3D printing technology by incorporating it into his artwork.… Read more »
After having spent close to 100 hours working, the 114 year old painting is nearly restored. Thanks to Anne Zanikos and her team, the painting “Ben Milam Calling For Volunteers” can return back to the shrine next month. Painted by Harry Arthur McArdle in 1901, his descendants donated it to the Alamo Hall at some… Read more »
The painting, Head of a Young Woman, by Picasso drew the attention of French officials when an attempt was made to export the painting on Thursday 30th July. The Spanish authorities had previously refused to allow the painting to be exported. The painting is valued at more than €25 million and is thought to be… Read more »
On 26th June 2015, Dominic Currie made headline news. He had supposedly discovered a Pablo Picasso painting rolled up in one of his mother’s old suitcases in the loft. He claimed that the painting was given to his mother by his father, a Russian soldier in the 1950s who she had met on holiday in… Read more »
A lost masterpiece has been discovered in a Lancashire church. The painting, by Francesco Montemezzano, was hung in the church of St John the Baptist in Tunstall for two centuries before research by the BBC confirmed its value. The churchwarden, Jane Greenhalgh, had contacted BBC TV’s Fake or Fortune a number of times to get… Read more »
‘Arab in Black’ is a painting that was donated in order to fund Nelson Mandela’s legal defence when he was tried for treason in the 1950s. Painted by Irma Stern and valued at up to £1 million, it was spotted by an art expert covered in bills and letters and being used as a noticeboard… Read more »
In 1972, 49 pieces of artwork were stolen from the storage depot of the Amsterdam Museum. Some Romanians pleaded guilty to the theft of the multi-million pound paintings, but they were never recovered. It is thought that the woman had bought six of them from a man selling paintings door to door to care homes… Read more »
Thanks to a grant from the state, restoration work started on the iconic Henry Sargent’s “Landing of the Pilgrims” in April 2015 at The Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The restoration work was expected to finish in June, but even in the early weeks, some incredible details began to emerge from this dark grimy… Read more »
