Performing Arts
“There are no doubts that the portrait is the work of Leonardo,” he said. Pedretti believes da Vinci painted the face, and da Vinci’s assistants painted a palm leaf held by d’Este in the painting. Barki believes the buyer from …
The depicted smile has continuously captured the world’s imagination ever since. I’ve always harbored a certain disdain for articles that begin with a dictionary definition. But when I was asked to write about a masterpiece in a New York collection, …
Masterpiece Awards are awarded to those exhibits and stands that are judged to be outstanding – perhaps undiscovered, rare, provenanced, and of beauty. The Royal Hospital Chelsea becomes the meeting point of creatives and collectors during Masterpiece London. What sets…
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As part of a tax probe, authorities searched his squalid flat in the suburbs of Munich in 2011. Hidden among the junk, they found a collection of more than 1,400 artworks worth over $1.3 billion. Some were masterpieces by Henri …
It’s now believed that Trachte forged the painting around 1973 during a bitter divorce. Although the painting remained hidden, he was awarded the Rockwell in the divorce settlement. At first, the experts assumed the painting had been preserved poorly and …
The advert confirmed a younger ballerina with the caption “Fatima’s subsequent job could possibly be in tech”. A petition opposing the cuts, launched on 5 May by the arts lobbying group, describes the reduction in funding as “a focused attack …