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Self-Portrait With Loose Hair, Frida Kahlo, 1947

This Exhibition Is Betting That You Don’t Know Frida Kahlo as Well as You May Think

“Frida: Beyond the Myth” aims to paint an intimate portrait of the artist through dozens of works created by Kahlo and photographs taken by her loved ones

The memorial artwork hadn't been seen since the 1970s, when it was placed on a replica of Kennedy's gravesite in Upperville, Virginia.

Untold Stories of American History

A Secret Sculpture Built for John F. Kennedy’s Grave Vanished in the 1970s. Half a Century Later, the Mystery Has Been Solved

The bronze wreath immortalized the moment when the members of the Honor Guard removed their hats and placed them on the president’s grave during his burial

Andy Warhol made 46 copies of this print depicting Vladimir Lenin.

The FBI Recovers an Andy Warhol Print Worth $175,000 That Vanished From a Private Home in 2021

A man is expected to plead guilty for trafficking the print, which reappeared at a Dallas auction house shortly after it went missing from a California residence

Masset, QCI, Emily Carr, 1912

Cool Finds

An Art Dealer Bought This Painting at a Barn Sale for $50. It Turned Out to Be an Emily Carr Worth Nearly $150,000

The Canadian Post-Impressionist artist was famous for her evocative landscapes and paintings incorporating motifs from First Nations groups

The hurricane wreaked havoc on the neighborhood, destroying artworks, supplies, studios and galleries. 

Hurricane Helene’s Floodwaters Damaged 80 Percent of Buildings in Asheville’s River Arts District

Home to more than 300 artists, the neighborhood was submerged under the record-high waters of the French Broad River

Virgin Mary, Infant Christ and the Young St. John the Baptist, studio of Sandro Botticelli, circa 1510

New Research

This Painting Was Thought to Be a Botticelli Copy. Now, Researchers Say It Was Made in His Studio

A new analysis suggests that the piece was created by several artists working in the Italian Renaissance painter’s studio—and that Botticelli himself may have worked on important details

Winston Churchill loved Claude Monet's paintings, which he looked to as inspiration for his own art.

A Monet Masterpiece That Hung in Churchill’s Home Is Now Free of Grime From Cigar Smoke

The newly restored “Charing Cross Bridge,” which once hung in the politician’s drawing room, is now on display at London’s Courtauld Gallery

Pablo Picasso was a frequent visitor on the island of Capri, where the painting was discovered.

Cool Finds

A Junk Dealer Discovered a ‘Horrible’ Painting in a Cellar 60 Years Ago. It Might Be a $6.6 Million Picasso

For years, the owner’s son had wondered about the artwork, which features the Spanish painter’s signature. Now, some experts think it’s the real deal

An image of the famous Sycamore Gap tree before it was illegally cut down in 2023

One Year After England’s Famous Sycamore Gap Tree Was Illegally Felled, a New Exhibition Honors Its Legacy

The show coincides with an initiative that will give away 49 of the tree’s saplings to individuals and communities across the country

Guests play a throwback "Donkey Kong" game with an oversized controller at the Nintendo Museum.

Nintendo Switches Things Up With a New Museum That Embraces Nostalgia and Celebrates Gaming History

The Kyoto museum will feature interactive exhibits, gaming artifacts, workshop spaces and oversized controllers inspired by iconic video games

Three activists threw soup on two more van Gogh paintings hours after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were sentenced to prison time.

Hours After the Protesters Who Threw Soup at a van Gogh Were Sentenced, Three More Activists Repeated the Stunt

Two members of Just Stop Oil staged the original demonstration in late 2022. Group members say the harsh penalties will not deter their efforts

1980, OSGEMEOS, mixed media with sequins on MDF, 2020

The Colorful World of These Brazilian Identical Twins Bridges Dreams and Reality

The artists known as OSGEMEOS showcase the largest exhibition of their work in the United States at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Lines from tire tracks can be seen running through historic geoglyphs in the Atacama Desert.

Off-Road Drivers Are Destroying Ancient Artworks Stretching Across Chile’s Deserts

As hundreds of motorists take to the desert, their tracks damage the massive geoglyphs made by Indigenous groups in northern Chile

The previously unknown composition was discovered in the collections of Leipzig Municipal Libraries in Germany.

Cool Finds

This Lost Mozart Composition Hasn’t Been Heard for Centuries. Now, You Can Listen to It

More than 250 years after a teenage Mozart wrote “Serenade in C,” a copy of the piece has surfaced in the collections of a German library

The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Art Meets Science

‘The Starry Night’ Accurately Depicts a Scientific Theory That Wasn’t Described Until Years After van Gogh’s Death

Researchers say that the iconic painting’s swirling sky lines up with Kolmogorov’s theory of turbulence, suggesting that the artist was a careful observer of the world around him

The temple walls' reliefs were restored to reveal colorful paint that decorated carvings of Egyptian gods.

See an Ancient Egyptian Temple’s Brilliant Colors, Newly Revealed Beneath Layers of Dust and Soot

Experts are carefully uncovering traces of the original paint and fragments of gold leaf that once adorned the 2,000-year-old Temple of Edfu

Starry Night over the Rhône, Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Van Gogh Painted Some of His Most Breathtaking Works During His Two Years in the South of France

A blockbuster exhibition in London examines the Dutch Post-Impressionist’s creative output between 1888 and 1890, which was one of the most productive periods of his career

The Hotel Chelsea's neon sign was installed in 1949.

The Hotel Chelsea’s Iconic Neon Sign Will Be Divided Into Pieces and Sold One Letter at a Time

The vertical sign stretched across three stories of the Manhattan hotel, which once welcomed the likes of Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Andy Warhol and Janis Joplin

East River From the 30th Story of the Shelton Hotel, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1928

Women Who Shaped History

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Breathtaking New York City Paintings Are Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve

The artist’s cityscapes, once dismissed as too masculine, would later influence the floral artworks that became central to her iconic style

Knight, Death and the Devil, Albrecht Dürer, 1513

Cool Finds

An 11-Year-Old Boy Rescued a Mysterious Artwork From the Dump. It Turned Out to Be a 500-Year-Old Renaissance Print

Experts have confirmed that the image of “Knight, Death and the Devil” is a real master engraving by the renowned German artist Albrecht Dürer

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