Following the recent addition of 'Kitchen Cimabue' to the Louvre collection last week, the French museum is now merely €1.3 million short of acquiring Jean Siméon Chardin's renowned still life. They have issued a call for public funding.
Yesterday morning, Just Stop Oil activists targeted Diego Velázquez's famous nude masterpiece, which was smashed with hammers at London's National Gallery.
Cimabue's 'Christ Mocked', which was rediscovered in a French kitchen and sold at auction for £21 million in 2019, has now been acquired by the Louvre and will remain in France.
The UK-based auctioneer Prop Store is a leading authority for movie memorabilia and is currently offering collectibles worth over $10 million, including many important lots.
Known as the 'Theory of World Peace', a historically important manuscript by Albert Einstein is currently for sale at auction. The rare three-page document provides insight into Einstein's thoughts on how to achieve world peace.
Five ancient Greek coins of inestimable historical and cultural value were listed online for just 1,500 euros when the police spotted them.
Just a few years ago, it was almost unheard of for a watch to sell for seven figures. Nowadays, it is a common occurrence, with this stunning Rolex Daytona being the most recent example.
Six artworks that had been taken from a Dutch town hall in September were returned to famed art detective Arthur Brand.
The century-old myth of alligators in New York's sewers was revived when the Swedish artist Alexander Klingspor exhibited his monumental sculpture 'New York City Legend' in Union Square this month.
The discovery reveals new insights into the famous Renaissance painter's working methods and his willingness to experiment.
The personal collection of the late 007 actor Sir Roger Moore was recently auctioned in Bonhams in London and featured many Bond-related items highly sought after by collectors.
43 years after it was worn by John Lennon, an iconic Patek Philippe Ref. 2499 has finally been found – and the value is extraordinary.
Known as one of the very best to ever play the game, Wilt Chamberlain now enters the list of the most valuable basketball jerseys ever sold as he hits third place.
The work of art in the Royal Collection had spent the past 160 years in Henry VIII's favourite castle with incorrect attribution.
It has been a few days since the last gavel was hit in London for the massive Freddie Mercury auction that included over 1,500 items, becoming the greatest memorabilia sale of all time.
We look back on the life of the Colombian artist who became famous worldwide for his iconic and voluminous paintings and sculptures in his signature style called "Boterismo."
Arthur Brand, the Dutch art detective also known as the 'Indiana Jones of the art world', was able to recover a work by Vincent van Gogh that had been stolen from a museum over three years ago.
The National Gallery in Berlin has been gifted with a painting that was long thought to be lost.
The famous woodcut is the crowning glory of several works by the Japanese master acquired by the Munich institution in recent months.
Her fairytale children's characters, the Moomins, are undoubtedly Tove Jansson's greatest work, but a new exhibition dedicated to the artist will also bring to light previously unknown works.
After it was revealed that more than 1,500 objects were stolen from the British Museum, Director Hartwig Fischer announced his immediate resignation last Friday.
The four-year investigation into a theft that took place in Geneva in 2019 has now led to three arrests and the recovery of a valuable Ming vase.
After the missing items were noticed earlier this year, a staff member has now been dismissed.
For a while, there had been silence on the most expensive painting in the history of auctions. Now, the Salvator Mundi will return in digital form to make headlines once again.
