“Children Wading” Painting Returns to Glasgow Decades After Theft
Thieves in Scotland made off with the painting “Children Wading” in 1989. The work was recently returned after showing up at an auction house in northern England.
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‘It glows’: restorer removes queasy look from first world war painting Gassed
John Singer Sargent picture of soldiers blinded by mustard gas, the most popular at the Imperial War Museum, is seen in new light Since it was unveiled just months after the end of the first world war, John Singer Sargent’s monumental painting Gassed …
Chewing gum artist makes plea to save Millennium Bridge works
Ben Wilson told most of his art on discarded gum to be removed during engineering and cleaning workAn artist who paints tiny pictures on discarded chewing gum has pleaded for his works to be saved after being told most of them will be removed from the …
Picasso portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter expected to reach $120m at auction
Femme à la Montre, one of artist’s few major works featuring a wristwatch, to be sold by Sotheby’s in New YorkThe time appears to be 7.25, and the year is definitely 1932. Pablo Picasso, a towering figure of 20th-century art, has painted a portrait – o…
Dolled up: Design Museum to host Barbie exhibition next year
The London museum has been granted special access to the world-famous toy’s archives in California and will explore her history ‘through a design lens’If this summer’s blockbuster movie has left you longing for more Barbie in your life, help is at hand…
AI Vincent van Gogh talks of ‘mental health struggles’ in Paris exhibition
Musée d’Orsay adds AI and VR to display of artist’s last works, never previously seen togetherFor a man who died in 1890, Vincent van Gogh seemed remarkably au fait with 21st-century parlance.Asked why he had cut off his left ear, the artist replied th…
Artistic tapestry of felting: Mahmoud Hallajian’s legacy in Iran’s Ramsar
In the picturesque city of Ramsar in the Mazandaran province, a tale of artistry and heritage was woven into the fibers of felt.
What I’m Reading: Apples, Private Actors and Marina Abramovic
A retrospective of the performance artist’s work at the Royal Academy of Arts in London captures boundaries being violently tested and redrawn.
Guernsey museum brings Renoir’s art to island that inspired him
Exhibition honours French impressionist whose landscapes have helped island create jobs and forge global tiesThe island of Guernsey may be best known as a tax haven for the super-wealthy, a pleasant holiday destination, and for the rich milk its docile…
Scotland’s national galleries have ‘long way to go’ to be inclusive, says outgoing chief
Exclusive: Sir John Leighton says galleries still need to broaden audience beyond Edinburgh middle classes and touristsScotland’s national galleries, which house some of the country’s greatest works of art, need to do far more to make themselves access…