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The Art of the Unexpected: 32 Real Photos That Look Like Renaissance Paintings

What happens when you press the shutter at exactly the right moment and somehow end up with something that looks like it belongs inside an old European museum? That’s the magic beh...

When Real Life Turns Renaissance

Battered Duerer masterpiece up for five-year revamp

Albrecht Duerer's "Feast of the Rosary", a Renaissance gem of Prague's National Gallery, is facing a painstaking five-year reconstruction designed to set right five centuries of mi...

Stolen Renoir paintings acquired by British Museum after mistakenly thinking they were African

Four stolen Renoir paintings have been discovered inside the British Museum after the institution acquired them under the false assumption they were looted from Africa.

Rebirth of a Renaissance-Era Tapestry at Mia

The tapestry of The Meeting of Dante and Virgil returns from the depths of Mia's archives until January.

This artist upcycles vintage artwork to give forgotten paintings a quirky modern twist

Heather Castles applies acrylic paints on vintage art surfaces, mimicking the original artist's style.

Lasers Unveil Modern Blue Pigment in Mystery Renaissance Painting Potentially Made by Leonardo da Vinci

Learn about a Renaissance painting that has what appears to be Leonardo da Vinci's signature, along with a surprise blue pigment. 

Is that a Van Gone - no it's a Relocated Renoir

Oops. BBC News Renoir museum: Four paintings worth millions stolen in French heist It is the latest in a string of high-profile art thefts in Euro...

Painting which went unnoticed for 150 years found on back of map

The watercolour on the back of a map gives a rare snapshot of the Dryburgh suspension bridge shortly after it opened.

Man buys $30 drawing at estate sale, later linked to Renaissance master Dürer and valued at $10 million

A drawing bought for $30 at an estate sale in Massachusetts is confirmed to be by Albrecht Dürer. Experts attribute the ink sketch to 1503 and estimate its value between $10 millio...

Renoir’s paintings have been stolen again. Their history may never be found.

The timing was as swift as Auguste Renoir’s brushstrokes. In the pre-dawn darkness of Sept. 8, thieves in camouflage and helmets took less than three minutes to saw through a wire-...

Giotto's famed fresco cycle depicting St. Francis of Assisi restored in Florence

A cycle of frescoes by Italian 14th-century master Giotto, depicting key moments in the life of St. Francis of Assisi, has been unveiled after a four-year restoration. The newly...

Carravagio’s “Bacchus” saved after flash flood in the Uffizi

Torrential rains in Florence threatened to damage a painting of the god Bacchus by the Baroque master Caravaggio when a skylight leaked in the Uffizi gallery. Continue reading Carr...

Arbeiter entdecken beim Sanieren verborgene Wandgemälde und unbekannte Tür

Bei Sanierungsarbeiten an einem historischen Gebäude im englischen Dunstable wurden sensationelle Entdeckungen gemacht. Unter anderem stießen Experten auf seltene mittelalterliche...

Artist Turns Renaissance Paintings, Digital Fragments, and Dream Logic Into Surreal Worlds That Feel More Like Memories...

Chema Mendez, is a self-taught surreal digital-collage artist from the Canary Islands. Since 2009, he has created layered images that merge the visual gravity of classical painting...

At Frieze London and Frieze Masters, Rediscoveries Are Giving the Market New Momentum

A £5 million Jan Brueghel the Elder led opening-day sales, while overlooked modernists from Morocco, Colombia and Antigua drew collector and institutional attention. In the contemp...

Palaces and the pope: The fascinating story of how Renaissance Rome was rebuilt

A study shows that Romans began building palaces only once they were confident the popes would not leave the Eternal City again.