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The painting was found hanging above a hotplate in an elderly woman's home in northern France.

Once a brilliant hue, the pigment verdigris is now mostly brown.

Plautilla Nelli was likely the first woman in history to paint the iconic biblical scene.

A few speedcubers have jumped from participating in competitions and exhibitions to creating mosaics. There are also some artists and designers who use Rubik’s Cubes in their masterpieces.

Stéphane Breitwieser robbed nearly 200 museums, amassed a collection of treasures worth more than $1.4 billion, and became perhaps the most prolific art thief in history. And as he reveals to GQ’s Michael Finkel, how Breitwieser managed to do all this is every bit as surprising as why.

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Formidable women across centuries and continents have wielded influence through their impassioned support of art and culture.

Immediate excitement has greeted one of the first sign of life from the hugely popular franchise since the publicity-shy artist retired it in 1995

Artist Daniel Monnier spent a couple of decades away before returning to complete his vision.

Stormzy's stab vest and a cradle surrounded by CCTV cameras appeared overnight at a shop in London.

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.

The skilled climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, whom the French press referred to as Spider-Man, has described robbery as an act of imagination.

The famous moving gaze of the "Mona Lisa" has been challenged by researchers.

A lead mineral called plumbonacrite was used to create a thick, paste-like paint.

The figures are visible under UV light; other paintings may also have hidden drawings

Acrylics on canvas - 30*40 cm - Ghent (Belgium), 2019

Arthur Brand located the stolen Picasso painting after a four-year search

In her project Archiving Eden, photographer Dornith Doherty explores the beauty and necessity of the world's botanical stockpiles.

Oxford city council immediately opposed the installation of the shark. At first, they said it was dangerous to the public, but engineers and inspectors pronounced it structurally safe.