Registered development Fund for contemporary art

The organization will continue to exist on private donations and will build relationships with the community, United around contemporary art. The head of the Fund was Ivan Demidov

HPP-2 on Bolotnaya embankment will turn into a Museum by Renzo Piano

On the basis of one of Moscow oldest power plants HPP-2 will house a new Museum-образовательный complex of contemporary art

Picture of van Gogh grew up in the fields of Minnesota

Huge "green" reproduction of the masterpiece of van Gogh's "Olive trees with yellow sky and sun" with an area of over 6,000 square metres has appeared near the airport of Minneapolis

The official issued pattern of the Tyumen Museum of fine arts

In this convince Museum staff of the Governor of Tyumen oblast Vladimir Yakushev in an Open letter

The militants blew up a triumphal arch in Palmyra

One of the symbols of Palmyra destroyed. The other monuments, apparently, already mined

Old and vintage: Retro IX-маркет "Losinka" in the two-day format

Retro-маркет "Losinka" invites collectors on October 10 Antique Saturday, October 11 — on Vintage Sunday

France and the Netherlands have agreed to jointly purchase the portraits of Rembrandt

After several days of intensive negotiations, the two governments decided to buy the portraits of Martin and Salmanca Open Copit from the collection of Baron Rothschild shares for 160 million euros

France wants to buy half of the rights to the portraits of Rembrandt from the collection of Rothschild

Together with the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum portraits of Martin Almanza and Open Coppit who decided to sell for 160 million euros Baron Eric de Rothschild, claimed by the French government

Presentation of the book about George Costakis

Tomorrow at the Jewish Museum and the tolerance center will host a book presentation of Vasily Rakitin about the largest collector of Russian avant-garde George Costakis

Opened the website of artist Alexei Smirnov

Website was opened with the works and biography of the artist of the second Russian avant-garde Alexei Smirnov (von Rauch) (1937-2009, Moscow)

Spain stole two works by Goya cost of 5 million euros

One of paintings and one drawing by Francisco Goya were stolen from a private house in a wealthy suburb of Madrid

At auction in the United States found a lost Rembrandt painting?

At auction in new-Джерси work, sold as the work of some unknown artist with an estimate of $500-800, suddenly rose in price to $870 000. Experts believe that this may be a Rembrandt

To invest in art now and with 10 dollars in his pocket

New online-проект Art:i:curate invites all who wish to invest in works of young artists (contributions of $10) to receive dividends from the subsequent sale of this work is already at a higher price

Music and art: Russian avant-garde composer was awarded the Gaudeamus prize

Composer Alexander Khubeev, the author of the play Cryptocalypse inspired sculptures Dmitry Kawarga, received the highest award of the international competition

English the judge ordered to return to the place Banksy graffiti, exported to America

Graffiti "art Lover" (Art Buff) from the English town of Folkestone tried to sell in the U.S. over 720 thousand dollars. After the deal fell through, the English court seeking the return of the frescoes

German police is on the trail of counterfeit Dadaists

Recent German art-рынок filled base forgery artists-дадаистов

Contemporary art fair Cosmoscow will be held in Moscow from 10 to 13 September

This year the event is attended by 34 galleries from Russia, USA, UK and Europe, representing the work of over 100 artists from around the world

In Kaluga will have a branch of the Hermitage

The centre, which is proposed to open in Kaluga will be culturally-просветительским and exhibition

The scandal in Germany. Auction houses for years sold the work of a fictional artist

German police are investigating a case about mysterious artist-дадаисте Carl Waldman, who, apparently, is a figment of the imagination of a gang of swindlers who earn by selling his works

Archaeologists are rushing to digitize historical monuments, until they were blown up by ISIS militants

Thousands of 3D cameras start rolling historical sites of Syria and Iraq in order that in the event of their destruction, monuments can be reproduced on a 3D printer

The Russian Museum is not allowed to take pictures in Sweden from-за Yukos case

The Ministry of culture fears that cultural property can be seized. Chagall's paintings and other avant-garde artists were involved in the temporary exhibition in Stockholm

The most expensive painting in the world will show in Washington

The canvas of Paul Gauguin's "When will you marry?", bought the ruling dynasty of Qatar in a private transaction for $ 300 million, will be brought to a temporary exhibition in Washington, the Phillips Collection

Under the portrait by Rembrandt saw another hidden portrait

New technologies have helped to get the most detailed to date, color image male portrait, under the portrait of "an old Man in military dress" Rembrandt from the collection of the Getty Museum

Open one of the secrets of "portrait of Smeralda, Brandini" Botticelli

Contrary to the formerly dominant view, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in whose collection "Portrait of Smeralda, Brandini" some time was not repainted the hair of the model in the picture in red color

Swiss Museum presented a rare sculpture by Rodin

The donor of the sculpture of Auguste Rodin "the Man with the snake" (1887) did not want to disclose his name in the media

A couple of Frenchmen were arrested for carrying out illegal excavations in Catalonia

Spanish police arrested a few French, who allegedly stole a number of artifacts from the territory of the archaeological site of the Greco-Roman period of Empúries

Argentina will return more than 4,000 artifacts Peru and Ecuador

This has made an official statement the President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

12-year-old boy accidentally poked a picture of the XVII century at the exhibition in Taipei

Taiwanese boy this Sunday stumbled and accidentally poked a hand hole in the still life "Flowers" painted by the Italian artist of the seventeenth century Paolo Porpora

Tracey Emin will be selling their work at the fair from the trunk of a car

Fair, the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair has been held for over 10 years and is aimed at the democratization of the art market. This "flea market" artists (including Emin) will be selling their work at affordable prices

The Rijksmuseum buys two portraits by Rembrandt for 160 million euros

Paired portraits of the spouses Martin Almanza and Open Coppit come from the collections of the Rothschild family