The winner of the art concepts was the "Russia-tumbler"

In the small hall RIA Novosti in Moscow today summarized the results and awarding the winners of art concepts on the "national idea of ​​Russia"

TEFAF Sotheby's and want to hold together an antique fair in Beijing

Dutch Art Fair TEFAF and the auction house Sotheby's in talks to hold in 2014 the first European art fairs in mainland China Tefaf Beijing

Round table "Antique Market in Russia: problems of development and research questions"

Organizer - the State Institute of Art in collaboration with the International Confederation of antique and art dealers. Invited representatives of strategic organizations of national and international antiques market

Established the identity of those who steal valuable paintings from the Boston Museum in 1990

FBI found out who committed the robbery Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston 23 years ago. However, the whereabouts of stolen works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Manet, Degas, and other still unknown

Christo 90-meter inflated balloon inside the former gas storage

Hristo Yavashev created the world's largest installation indoors. Within the former reservoir for storage of natural gas in Oberhausen, Germany grew 90-meter ball of light fabric. Visitors get inside through airlocks

Portrait of Francis Drake House acknowledged self-portrait by Rembrandt

Portrait of a man in a hat with a feather a leading expert on the works of Rembrandt finds the original, not the work of a student or a copy. If so, then the property of the National Fund of the United Kingdom was a portrait for 20 million pounds

The Norwegian government intends to complete the "munkovsky" unfinished museum

The new building of the Munch Museum in Oslo are going to build in 2008, but has not solved the issues of financing, location and architectural design of the building. The government will help financially, so break the deadlock

Two leading the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, may join

Financial difficulties LA MOCA (Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art), announced a possible merger with LACMA (the Art Museum of Los Angeles County)

Serbia has found a stolen Rembrandt

"Portrait of a father" Rembrandt was stolen in 2006 from a museum in northern Serbia

Collection of works by little-known abstract painter was estimated at $ 30 million

Thousands of products found in the home abstractionist Armenian-American Arthur Pinadzhana in Bellporte (New York), was estimated at $ 30 million

Picasso painting "The Child and the Dove" is not able to keep in the UK

National campaign to raise £ 50 million to buy out the early paintings of Pablo Picasso's "The child and the Dove" was not successful. Cloth 19-year old artist leaves the UK

Van Dyck's portrait was identified on the image on the Internet

In all, the basis of paintings from the National Assembly in Britain have found a previously unknown work by Anthony Van Dyck

Museum Stuttgart back restitution "Madonna" Flemalskogo master

"Madonna and Child" brush Flemalskogo master (XV century Flemish painter, often identified with Robert Kampen) been transferred to Montreal's Concordia University, who inherited the rights to the picture of Max Stern

The world's leading art exhibitions can now see in the movies

Documentaries on the acclaimed exhibitions of works of art is growing in popularity. This year, the rental will be released films about Manet and Vermeer exhibition in London and Munch in Oslo. Films will be shown in cinemas 30 countries, including Russ

State Hermitage Museum and St. Petersburg officially declared masters Manifesta-10

10th famous European Biennial of Contemporary Art Manifesta in 2014 will be held in the building of the General Staff of the State Hermitage

In Moscow, presented Freeport Luxembourg

In October 2014 at the airport in Luxembourg will earn a new set of duty-free storage - Freeport

France is going to return for the restitution of more than 2000 works of art

The French Government intends to accelerate the process of restitution of controversial works from the collections of the state museums. Among the candidates for the return of the heirs of Holocaust victims were paintings by Courbet, Cezanne, Degas, Van

Stolen in London Banksy mural removed from the auction in Miami

Graffiti "slave labor", missing from the wall store in London, did not sell at auction site Fine Art Auction Miami. Since that auction was removed another Banksy mural, "wet dog"

Ministry of Culture, thanked General Prosecutor of inspection

As the representative of the Ministry of Culture Vladimir Aristarkhov, check-up of the Ministry of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office was initiated with the filing of the department itself

Users start up the scaffolding to the frescoes of Santa Croce

Restorers have decided to leave before the end of 2013, the scaffolding around the recently restored frescoes by Agnolo Gaddi in Florence's Basilica of Santa Croce, to give visitors a chance to see them up close

Thief arrested Dali watercolor of a New York gallery

Arrested 29-year Fivos Istavrioglu, kidnapped last year from a Manhattan gallery Salvador Dali watercolor "Proclamation of Don Juan Tenorio" worth about 150 thousand dollars

In Yaroslavl, the police handed over the stolen church icon

The image of the Assumption of the Virgin with the stigma of "Burning Bush» XVIII century, was stolen from the temple of the village of St. Nicholas of Yaroslavl region in 2007. Icon was recently discovered in the vaults of the Moscow museum "H

British people donated 57 paintings from the collection of Denis Mahon

Priceless collection of old masters bequest collector Denis Mahon transferred to six museums and galleries in Britain, including London's National Gallery. The gift includes paintings Guercino, Guido Reni, Luca Giordano, etc.

Stolen in London Banksy graffiti found on the U.S. auction

Mural depicting a boy at the sewing machine, appeared on the wall of London department store in May 2012. Last week, the graffiti off the wall, and soon appeared in the auction catalog in Miami with an estimate of 500-700 thousand dollars

Award nominees "Innovation"

In the list of 25 nominees for this year were Vladimir Seleznev, Arseny Zhilyaev, PROVMYZA group, Leonid Tishkov, Anna acorns and other

France returns restitution seven canvases XVII-XVIII centuries

Six paintings, including works by Gaspare Ditsiani, Alessandro Longhi and Sebastiano Ricci, will be returned to the grandson of Austrian textile magnate Richard Neumann. Another picture (Peter Jans van askhana) returns to the family of the Prague banker

There are new arguments in favor of the authenticity "aylvortskoy" Mona Lisa

Portrait of a young Lisa Giocondo, which some experts said an early version of the Mona Lisa, was subjected to further research. The results encouraged supporters version of Leonardo's authorship, but did not convince the skeptics

British Library digitized manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci from his collection

Mirror writing and working sketches of the great Leonardo can be enjoyed free of charge at the website of the library

Moore sculpture in front of Parliament finally be restored

Known, but for many years deprived of proper care work of Henry Moore's "blade is in two parts," will be put in order for two months, starting from February 16. The sculpture will be cleared of dirt and cover with a protective layer of

Ministry of Culture wants to spend their lottery

Culture Minister Vladimir Medina asked Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to allow the Ministry of Culture to do with the lottery