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My cultural awakening: a Turner painting helped me come to terms with my cancer diagnosis
My cultural awakening: a Turner painting helped me come to terms with my cancer diagnosis

Fear and feelings of intense vulnerability caused me to retreat into my shell, until I saw myself in an unlikely feature in one of the British master’s printsMy thyroid cancer arrived by accident, in the way life-changing things sometimes do. In May of this year, I went for an upright MRI for a m... Read more

Theguardiantheguardian - Dec 27
Lost Rubens painting of Jesus’ crucifixion auctioned for $2.7M — 400 years after it vanished
Lost Rubens painting of Jesus’ crucifixion auctioned for $2.7M — 400 years after it vanished

“This is the one and only painting showing blood and water coming out of the side wound of Christ, and this is something that Rubens only painted once." Read more

New York Post - Dec 01
Museum finds ‘Hollywood legend’ in 17th Century painting – but who’s the A-list doppelganger?
Museum finds ‘Hollywood legend’ in 17th Century painting – but who’s the A-list doppelganger?

A POLISH museum has extended an unusual invitation to a visiting Hollywood legend. The National Museum in Wroclaw reached out to the actor after hearing the star was travelling through Poland. The museum revealed that it holds a 17th-century portrait in its collection that looks astonishingly lik... Read more

The Sun - Nov 21
Pubs are hosting painting classes, bingo and balloon twisting on 'wacky' nights
Pubs are hosting painting classes, bingo and balloon twisting on 'wacky' nights

More than three quarters of Brits - some 76% - are more likely to visit a pub that puts on fun, wacky or arty activities, according to research by Greene King Read more

Dailystar Co Uk - Nov 18
Mystery of missing Picasso still life painting solved
Mystery of missing Picasso still life painting solved

Art work that vanished en route from Madrid to Granada may never have made it on the van in the first placeFittingly enough for a still life, it would appear that the small Picasso painting that triggered a police investigation after apparently vanishing while en route from Madrid to Granada for ... Read more

Theguardiantheguardian - Oct 24
Lady Mary Charteris angers neighbours by painting her London terraced home bright pink as they complain to the council about her
Lady Mary Charteris angers neighbours by painting her London terraced home bright pink as they complain to the council about her

While Lady Mary hasn't broken any council rules, some of her neighbours in North West London are fuming that it is 'totally out of character' to the rest of the tree-lined, fairly sedate street. Read more

Mail Online - Oct 18
Fury in Spain as climate activists destroy iconic 133-year-old painting
Fury in Spain as climate activists destroy iconic 133-year-old painting

An original painting of Christopher Columbus has been "irreparably damaged" by two climate activists. Read more

Express - Oct 17
We spent thousands on our dream home with a fantastic view that was like something out of a Constable painting... soon it will be carpeted by thousands of solar panels surrounded by security fencing
We spent thousands on our dream home with a fantastic view that was like something out of a Constable painting... soon it will be carpeted by thousands of solar panels surrounded by security fencing

When the Fosters looked around a rural North Yorkshire farmhouse, with a view to purchasing it from the aristocratic Ropner family, what first struck them was the view from the bedroom window. Read more

Mail Online - Oct 16
Chilling mystery as 4,000-year-old painting goes missing from 'cursed' tomb
Chilling mystery as 4,000-year-old painting goes missing from 'cursed' tomb

The limestone painting was reported missing earlier this year, the latest in a string of troubling incidents involving the loss or theft of ancient treasures Read more

Daily Express Us - Oct 12
Art Sleuth Finds Celebrated Marie Antoinette Painting Is Actually Someone Else
Art Sleuth Finds Celebrated Marie Antoinette Painting Is Actually Someone Else

University of OxfordThe definitive portrait of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette, isn’t actually her, new research has suggested. The 1762 painting was believed to depict Marie at the age of seven. Now, one researcher claims it’s really her sister, Maria Carolina. Antoinette was decapita... Read more

The Daily Beast - Oct 10