On 8 November 2023, Sotheby’s New York sold Pablo Picasso’s Femme à la montre – a 1932 oil-on-canvas portrait of his mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter –…
By Tessa Nolan Pablo Picasso is one of the most well-known and influential artists of the 20th century, the founder of cubism and an innovator…
By Maria Bregman Claude Monet is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of all time. His paintings of water lilies, haystacks, and…
Imagine buying a painting for £30,000 and discovering that it is actually worth millions. That is what happened to an anonymous French collector who bought…
By Tessa Nolan Rare Compound The discovery of a rare compound called plumbonacrite in the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt has sparked great…
By Tessa Nolan The exhibition Claudette Johnson: Presence opened at the Courtauld Gallery on 29 September 2023 and ran until 14 January 2024 in the…
By Alexander Stone On Sunday, October 23, 2024, a group of environmental activists threw mashed potatoes on a painting by Claude Monet, one of the…
In October 2023, while the Netherlands was playing a lacklustre European Championship qualifying match against France, Arthur Brand’s doorbell rang. The Dutch art investigator, who…
By Stefani Collins Art has the power to captivate, inspire, and transport us to different worlds. For centuries, art galleries have served as sacred spaces…
By Tessa Nolan There is a certain kind of art that does not invite you in, but rather traps you. It is an art of…