An 1891 painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec that has been in the same collection for over a century is up for auction in Paris this month. It hits the market at an estimate of € 600,000 to € 900,000 ($ 730,000 to $ 1.09 million) and is slated to hit the auction block on June 29 during...
More than two dozen looted artifacts were returned to Cambodia on Friday by Manhattan's District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. in an effort to restore the country's cultural heritage. The 27 artifacts repatriated are valued at $ 3.8 million. Items returned included statues of Shiva and Buddha, as well as artifacts from the Cambodian Angkor era, which lasted...
According to a study in the magazine, a stamped seal was found in the ancient village of Tel Tsaf from the 5th millennium BC. Excavated Levant by archaeologists Michael Freikman and David Ben-Shlomo from the University of Ariel and Yosef Garfinkel from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, respectively. Of the almost 150 seals that were discovered at...
Phillips' upcoming evening auction of modern and contemporary art in New York will feature a painting of a California house by David Hockney, valued at $ 12 million to $ 18 million. It will be among the top lots in the auction set to take place on June 23 at the auction house's new headquarters on Park...
A priceless set of Raphael tapestries is in danger after pigeons and their droppings appear at a Spanish exhibition. The nine tapestries currently on display in the main gallery of the Royal Palace of Madrid have survived the past 500 years in near pristine condition. But the gallery staff are now doing their best to keep the...
The display of an overturned 17th century statue of a slave trader in a museum in Bristol has reignited controversy over the monuments of troubled personalities in the UK. The statue in question, a memorial to Edward Colston, was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol last summer and thrown into a harbor where it has...
Skylights illuminate a wooden structure in a large and largely empty gallery space. Despite its lofty scale and strictly formalistic design, the piece is not imposing. From a distance, the sculpture, with its square black posts that form clear and elegant angles, fits into the industrial black metal frame of the ceiling of the SculptureCenter, where it...
By reinventing scenes from her childhood, Sasha Gordon creates living worlds full of everyday details that do not match the elusive nature of memory. Using bright crayons and neon oil paints, the Brooklyn-based painter depicts versions of herself participating in the leisure activities of her suburban upbringing in Westchester County, New York. While her palette is often...
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday that archaeologists had discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman basilica built by King Herod. The basilica excavated in Ashkelon National Park with a nearby odeon (ancient theater) is the largest structure of its kind in Israel. King Herod the Great, perhaps best known in the Christian Bible for ordering the murder of the...
Rib and scraper tools are essential when it comes to pottery and other ceramics work as they aid in shaping and smoothing clay. Although ribs are most commonly used in throwing pieces at a wheel, they can be used in other clay exercises as well. Ribs come in a number of materials including wood, metal, and soft...
Gal Gadot opened up about a “terrifying” medical crisis she endured during her eighth month of pregnancy. The actress...
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