Mysterious heist of famous portrait solved 70 years later — and the motive was curtains
The painting’s disappearance from its UK estate wasn’t noticed until six years later when a duchess saw it on display at a ...
Art historian solves riddle behind theft of famous portrait
The 70-year mystery surrounding the theft of an original oil sketch by renowned Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck from a ...
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Did AI just authenticate a version of one of Rubens’s most famous works?
Private collection, France A Swiss company has used artificial intelligence (AI) to investigate a version of one of Peter Paul Rubens’s most famous ... scholars say.” Popovici, however, tells ...
Rare Handwritten Copy of Famous Shakespeare Sonnet Found in Oxford Library
The recently discovered copy of Sonnet 116 "reads as a political love song" during England's Civil Wars, according to the professor who found it.
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Famous MLK 'I Have a Dream’ speech almost didn’t happen, scholar says
Art Broady’s free presentation, "The Dream … We Almost Never Heard," will be at noon Sunday, March 16, at First ...
Is That Painting a Lost Masterpiece or a Fraud? Let’s Ask AI
A dubious “Van Gogh” has sparked a battle between technology, connoisseurs, and the high-stakes art market. What does AI, ...
Scholars call for popularizing ‘Cool China’ to bridge cultural gaps
Wukong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Three-Body Problem are presenting a "Cool China" to the world. "Having studied ...
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The Ecstatic Intimacies of Joe Brainard
The multitalented poet, painter, and cartoonist made work first and foremost to delight.
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Where Is The Real-Life Background Of The Mona Lisa? A Geologist In Italy Claims To Have Solved The Mystery
"When I came to Lecco. I realized he had painted the Mona Lisa here." For centuries, art historians have been trying to figure out where the real-life landscape in the background of Leonardo da ...