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Located nearly 60 feet below the surface, the statue is cleaned every year.

See How Divers Clean This Statue of Jesus Christ Submerged Nearly 60 Feet Below the Surface of the Mediterranean

Located off the coast of northern Italy, “Christ of the Abyss” was installed in 1954 to commemorate lives lost at sea. The statue receives a routine cleaning every year

Digital artist FEWOCiOUS auctions five new unique NFT works of art at Christie's in 2021, during the auction house's most successful year for digital art.

Christie’s Helped Drive the Art World’s NFT Craze. Now, the Auction House Is Shutting Down Its Digital Art Division

Once a booming sector, the nonfungible token art market has been contracting for years

Sweden's fans wave IKEA flags before a soccer game between Austria and Sweden in Vienna in 2023.

Sweden Releases an Official Cultural Canon That Features IKEA and ‘Pippi Longstocking’—but Not ABBA

Critics of the list, which features 100 artworks and other cultural creations from before 1975, say the selections are exclusionary

Argentine officials host a press conference in front of Portrait of a Lady, which had been stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

Journalists Stumble Across Real Estate Listing With a Photo of a Nazi-Looted Painting Hanging Above the Couch

The family of a Nazi official has turned in “Portrait of a Lady,” an 18th-century artwork by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi. The painting had been stolen from a Jewish art dealer during World War II

Johannes Vermeer's signed painting The Guitar Player (left) and its mysterious doppelgänger (right) are on display together for the first time at London's Kenwood House.

Did Vermeer Make a Copy of His Own Painting? A New Exhibition Invites You to Be the Judge

Two nearly identical artworks, at least one of them by the renowned Dutch master, hang side-by-side for the first time in three centuries

Banksy's Piranhas will move into storage ahead of its 2026 debut at the London Museum's new location.

Banksy Transformed This Police Box Into a Piranha Tank. Soon, the Artwork Will Go on Permanent Display in London

The piece was part of the anonymous artist’s animal series that appeared around the city last summer. In 2026, it will make its debut at the London Museum

The Virgin and Child With Infant St. John the Baptist in a Landscape (The Alba Madonna), Raphael, circa 1520

America’s Largest-Ever Exhibition on Raphael Will Open at the Met Next Year

More than 200 of the Renaissance master’s works will be on display in the landmark show, which debuts in March 2026

The Iowa State Fair butter cow has been carved annually since 1911.

How Life-Size Cows Made of Butter Became an Iconic Symbol of the Midwest

The Iowa State Fair has featured a bovine butter sculpture for more than 100 years. Now, the tradition is part of the “State Fairs” exhibition at the Renwick Gallery

The bronze, curving panel is meant to resemble a sheet of paper coming out of a printer.

Nobody Has Been Able to Solve the CIA’s Famous ‘Kryptos’ Sculpture. Soon, the Solution Will Be Sold to the Highest Bidder

Three of the four messages carved into the sculpture have been deciphered, but the final puzzle has left amateur sleuths stumped. In November, the solution could fetch up to $500,000 at auction

Rothko used the tall space to work on his paintings for the Rothko Chapel.

The New York City Studio Where Artist Mark Rothko Worked Is for Sale

The private unit takes up the second and third floor of the carriage house, which was originally an equestrian training space. The apartment is listed at $9.5 million

Artists Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood

See the Abstract Artworks That Defined Radiohead’s Iconic Visual Style

A new exhibition explores the artistic collaborations between Thom Yorke, the rock band’s frontman, and artist Stanley Donwood, his longtime friend

A jogger runs past a large honey bear by street artist fnnch at Dolores and Cumberland Streets in San Francisco.

One of San Francisco’s Most Famous Houses Is Hosting a Pop-Up Museum of Street Artist Fnnch’s Honey Bears

Visitors to the Pink Painted Lady near Alamo Square Park will be able to see 116 editions of fnnch’s honey bear paintings

Still Life With Carafe, Bottle and Fruit, Paul Cézanne, 1906

Masterpieces by Cézanne, Manet, Degas and More Will Be Divided Among Three Museums in New York and Los Angeles

The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation is donating 63 artworks to the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Bruce Springsteen on the Born to Run tour in 1975

How Bruce Springsteen Created the ‘Greatest Rock Album Ever’

Fifty years ago, the Boss was at a pivotal moment in his career. A new book details what it took to launch ‘Born to Run’

Digital 3D models of the female Pazyryk individual, using visible-spectrum photographs (A) and near-infrared photography (B).

Gorgeous, Hidden Animal Tattoos Discovered on a More Than 2,000-Year-Old ‘Ice Mummy’ by Using Digital Imaging

The ancient tattoos, which would have required trained artistry and hours of work, would be difficult for even modern tattooists to produce, a new study suggests

Antonio Solario's Madonna and Child

This Woman Didn’t Want to Return a Stolen 16th-Century Painting. Then She Changed Her Mind

Despite her legal claim to ownership, Barbara de Dozsa has decided to return an artwork by Italian artist Antonio Solario that vanished more than 50 years ago

The Love Letter, Johannes Vermeer, circa 1669-70

See Three Breathtaking Vermeer Paintings That Capture the Lost Art of Letter Writing

A trio of the 17th-century Dutch painter’s works featuring women writing and receiving letters is on display at the recently reopened Frick Collection

Comedian, Maurizio Cattelan, 2019

These Bananas Duct-Taped to the Wall Are Worth Millions. Hungry Museumgoers Keep Eating Them

A visitor recently ate the banana from Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian,” which was on view at the Center Pompidou-Metz. The artwork, which sold for $6.2 million last year, has met this fate before

Andreas Munch Studying Anatomy, Edvard Munch, 1886

Edvard Munch Was Haunted by Physical and Mental Illnesses—but He Was Also Fascinated by Them

Known as the painter of “The Scream,” the Norwegian artist and his loved ones spent many years suffering from health conditions. A new exhibition explores how the world of medicine influenced his art

Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion in the Convent of San Domenico

A Rare Renaissance Fresco That Could Be One of Fra Angelico’s Earliest Works Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory

Located in a secluded convent outside of Florence, the 600-year-old artwork was concealed behind layers of paint for most of its history

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