A Madonna and Child painting with a history almost as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa's smile has been identified as an authentic Raphael canvas by Czech company InsightART, which used a robotic X-ray scanner to investigate the artwork.

Included in Christie's auction of Swiss art last week (7-29 September) were two works being sold by Unicredit, an Italian bank. Lot 10, A Jean Tinguely sculpture, fetched CHF 75,000 ($82,552) which, the bank says, will help fund its Social Impact Banking initiatives. Few took notice of the niche auction, which was held online. The majority of works were sold by private collectors.

'The Art of Behaving Badly' is the first book to document the career of the Guerrilla Girls from 1985 to today. Here, the collective's founders discuss their ongoing fight for equality in art and the world.

The ancient paintings depict close relationships between humans and animals

A scientist has spent more than 14 years analyzing high-resolution images of the famous painting.

The most famous street artist on the planet holds no trademark on his works, but the enigmatic Briton definitely owns his identity, as a new exhibit shows.

Newly acquired by the British Museum, the trove of illustrations dates to 1829

Whether you think graffiti is a subversive, democratic art form or a public nuisance, it harks back to our cave-painting days

A documentary-style film exploring traditional Japanese handcrafts and artists from Ishikawa and Gifu, in partnership with Japan Tourism.

An indie game developer uses computer tools to create a video of realistic-looking historic figures in motion based on portraits and sculptures.

Peggy Guggenheim was a modern art collector and a feminist that art history can’t ignore. She founded her own namesake museum in Venice, supported young, unknown artists and wrote a tell-all biography before her passing in 1979.

Photographer Justin Hamel stumbled on a Great Depression-era mural one day in a New York post office, and was intrigued to learn there are 1,200 of them across the country.

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A researcher says he has uncovered the precise location where the artist painted “Tree Roots,” thought to be the last piece he worked on the day he suffered a fatal gunshot wound.

Possibly the coolest creepiest Steampunk taxidermy creatures you will ever behold...

F for Fake (French: Vérités et mensonges, "Truths and lies") is the last major film completed by Orson Welles, who directed, co-wrote, and starred in the film. Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory's recounting of his career as a professional art forger; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a fast-paced, meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art. Loosely a documentary, the film operates in several different genres and has been described as a kind of film essay.

Wolfgang Beltracchi is a German art forger and artist who has admitted to forging hundreds of paintings in an international art scam netting millions of euros.

Art inadvertently documents the domestication of carrots, wheat, watermelon and other culinary delights

They are ‘the founding curves of the Renaissance’. As Yorkshire Museum calls on collections worldwide to display their best behinds to boost attendance after coronavirus, we name our favourites.

Yorkshire museum calls on collections around the world to display their best behinds as visitor numbers fall during the coronavirus pandemic