The mysterious "Mona Lisa smile" isn't the only Da Vinci

On another work of Leonardo experts found the same effect of subtle smiles

Dutch police have arrested a man who tried to sell a fake painting by van Gogh

The detainee wanted to sell for € 15 million job, which he gave for a sketch for the painting of van Gogh's "the Harvest" (1888)

ISIS militants have destroyed the temple of Baal in Palmyra

Information about the exact date of the destruction of the temple differ: according to some, the jihadists blew it up a month ago

Banksy has built his "Disneyland" in an abandoned pool

In an abandoned outdoor swimming pool in the British resort town of Weston-super-Mare Banksy has created his own amusement Park "Dismaland" — the "land of gloom"

From the Museum in Copenhagen stole the bust of Rodin

Danish police announced yesterday that from art Museum NY Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen stolen bronze bust of the work of Auguste Rodin worth at least €270 000 ($300 000)

London's Covent garden will fill 100 000 white balls

French artist Charles Petion wants to fill the building of the London market hall Covent garden a hundred thousand white balls. This will be his first public installation outside of France and the most ambitious to date

The Ministry of culture of Italy decided to change 20 Museum Directors

Among the appointed Directors — seven foreigners and four Italians, once went abroad and are now returning to Italy. New Directors are appointed to improve the efficiency of the work of leading cultural institutions

Tower by Anish Kapoor ArcelorMittal Orbit in London want to turn into the slide

Inside the 115-metre high ArcelorMittal Orbit tower, built for the London 2012 Olympics, I want to put the tallest and the world's longest tunnel hill

Spanish Museum has 45 stolen artefacts

Early on the morning of Monday, August 17, from the Museum of fine arts in Valencia criminals stole 45 historical artifacts in the Romanesque style

In Paris made a basketball court based on the painting by Malevich

The original object of street infrastructure appeared in the Paris basketball court, inspired by the paintings of Kazimir Malevich "Athletes" (1930-1931)

Paintings stolen from Tarusa art gallery in July, was found in Kaluga

In Kaluga arrested two men who kidnapped 9 July 2015 three paintings (including works Polenov and Aivazovsky) from Tarusa art gallery. All three paintings managed to return

Official comments on the incident in the "Manege". Updated August 19, 2015

Officials and institutions have responded to the events in "the Arena" on August 14

In Germany back in the restitution of the painting Hans Wertinger

The government of the German state of Baden-württemberg returned to the restitution work of the artist Hans Wertinger "Portrait of count Palatine John III" from the collection of the State gallery of Stuttgart heirs of its pre-war owners

All-Russian Museum of decorative, applied and folk art continues the action "admission is free"

In the framework of the "Summer at the Museum" until the 31st of August last action "admission free", including free tours for special categories of visitors

In the courtyard of the Tretyakov gallery on the Crimean Shaft there is a new art object

At the building of the State Tretyakov gallery on the Crimean Shaft mounted kinetic sculpture Exodus of the young Moscow artist Victor Polyakov

A psychic claims that paints pictures at the behest of the spirits Matisse, Monet, Renoir, van Gogh, etc.

77-year-old Brazilian says that the souls of deceased painters in contact with her and her hands write their own "new" pictures

Official comments of incident in the "Manege"

Official persons and institutions responded to the events in "the Arena" on August 14

Anish Kapoor is going to sue the Chinese sculptor for plagiarism

Large-scale outdoor sculpture in the Chinese city of Karamay is very much like the famous sculpture Kapoor's "Cloud gate" in Chicago

Picasso stolen in 2001 and intercepted in the U.S., returned to France

Cubist Picasso painting "the Barber" stolen from the vault of the Centre Georges Pompidou in 2001, this winter was intercepted on the American customs: it tried to export as a Christmas gift

Picasso painting seized in Corsica, moved to the Museum in Madrid

To determine the further fate of the "Portrait of a young woman" by Picasso from the collection of the former banker Jaime Butene picture will be stored in the Reina Sofia in Madrid

Unknown video 1990 from the Boston Museum identified

He was a dealer, now living in Florida. While he was detained. Exactly one day before the robbery, the man visited the Museum the Isabella Stewart Gardner middle of the night

In Pompeii began a large-scale restoration

After two years of bureaucratic delays in Pompeii began a large-scale restoration. The Minister of culture of Italy has examined the progress of the work and was satisfied

The lawyer of the owner of a Picasso painting denies the attempted illegal export

Lawyer Jaime Butene, whose Picasso for 25 million euros were seized by French customs, argues that the painting never left the yacht, which sails under the English flag, which means that in Spain there never was

About a hundred sculptures by Antony Gormley are on display in Florence Forte

The exhibition "Man" modern sculptor Antony Gormley took up the entire space built in the XVI century Fort Belvedere, which offers the best views of Cathedral square of Florence

The story of the legendary robbery of the Museum the Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1990

Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. posted a video of 1990 made the day before loud robbery, during which it was stolen 13 valuable works of $500 million On the record shows that exactly one day before the robbery at night, the Museum was visited by unknown

The market for Picasso ceramics shows rapid growth

Interesting niche for collectors, in which, on the one hand, there are still many available, up to $ 3000, positions and records are up to $1 500 000

Updated the Foundation's website Zinaida Serebryakova

Now on the website, you can visit the virtual Museum, to get acquainted with the biography of the artist, a family history of Benoit-Lancer-Life, as well as subscribe to receive updates on exhibitions and to buy books

The Irishman found in a ditch stolen paintings worth 200 thousand euros

Resident of Ireland's County Wicklow accidentally discovered in a ditch by the road paintings by John Lavery, Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry, stolen in the fall of 2014 from a private house in the same County

French customs seized a painting by Picasso worth 25 million euros

"Portrait of a young woman" prohibited by the court of Spain to be exported from the country, was discovered on a yacht off the coast of French Corsica

Was not Peter Pavlovich owned

August 1 on 91-m to year of life has died people's artist of the RSFSR and the USSR, academician of the Russian Academy of arts Peter p. Ossovsky