Bros star Luke Goss has his personal paintings valued at £291million ahead of his 18-piece exhibition in LA By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 10:14 BST, 21 May 2021 | Updated: 10:15 BST, 21 May 2021 Luke Goss has had his first collection of paintings valued at £291million. The Bros drummer, 52, will exhibit 18 … Read more
Did Mohammed bin Salman pay $450M for a ‘da Vinci’ artwork Leonardo DIDN’T create? Saudis left furious amid claims the master merely ‘contributed’ to the world’s most expensive painting Salvator Mundi sold for a record-breaking $450million at auction in 2017 But questions were quickly raised over whether it is a ‘true’ da Vinci work French … Read more
Two Indian friends have stepped forward to reveal they are the ones who bought electronic paintings for £50million in booming ‘crypto art’ market. Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran, both in their 30s, parted with £50.3million ($69.3m) for a digital artwork stored in a JPEG file, coincidentally securing their place in art history. ‘We weren’t sure … Read more
Johannes Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl Earring is one of the most admired paintings in the world, the jewel in the crown of the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague. But 80 years ago, it wasn’t even the most admired Vermeer in Holland. That distinction belonged to the recently discovered Christ At Emmaus. The public swooned … Read more
Ancient paintings of humanoid figures, bizarre creatures and familiar animals have been discovered under rock overhang that was once used as shelter ‘several hundred of years ago.’ A team from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland spotted the four paintings while excavating the Amak’hee 4 rock shelter site in Tanzania that was once home to … Read more
Paintings by Sir Winston Churchill have sharply risen in value following The Crown, which offered an insight into the war-time Prime Minister’s life. The popular Netflix drama gave a generous portrayal of Churchill, played by John Lithgow, 69, as a major guiding light for the young Queen Elizabeth, reminding her of her duties before leaving … Read more
It was a scam that worked for years: Have a master forger create counterfeit Rothkos and Pollocks, doctor the paintings to age them, and then sell the fakes for millions of dollars through New York City‘s oldest gallery and a prominent art dealer. Wealthy collectors and institutions paid $80 million for more than 60 copies … Read more
Cocaine shipment worth $227,000 found hidden within 12 Diego Maradona paintings that drug trafficker tried to smuggle into Turkey Turkey customs officers discovered 2.65 kilos of cocaine hidden in caricature paintings of late soccer legend Diego Maradona Authorities placed in custody a 72-year-old German man who was arriving on a flight from Colombia on Wednesday … Read more
The Sistine Chapel of the ancients’: Eight-mile wall of prehistoric paintings of animals and humans is discovered in heart of the Amazon rainforest Eight-mile wall of prehistoric rock art in Colombia features animals and humans Discovered in the Amazonian rainforest after it was created up to 12,500 years Found on cliff faces last year in … Read more
Tate Modern bosses suspend curator for slamming their decision to postpone show featuring Ku Klux Klan paintings as ‘extremely patronising to viewers’ The Tate Modern will delay show of Philip Guston’s work for four years Guston’s work features Ku Klux Klan figures and comments on racial justice Curator Mark Godfrey was suspended from gallery for criticising … Read more