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Hidden Picasso sketch is found beneath his ‘Still Life’ masterpiece after experts used X-ray scans to examine wrinkles on the canvas The sketch was scribbled on the back of the canvas used for his Still Life (1922) It appears to show a large pitcher, cup and newspaper all resting on a chair Discovered by scientists using … Read more
Ermoupoli is possibly the most extraordinary town in Greece. There’s no maze of alleys, no whitewashed houses and no heaps of tangled fishing nets in the harbour. What you get instead is a busy city, whose broad squares, grandly domed churches and pastel-coloured mansions look more Italian than Greek. Ermoupoli is the capital of Syros, … Read more
After a year-long investigation by Claudia Joseph, Simon Trump, Ewan Fletcher, Adam Luck, Jason Buckner and Craig Hibbert, the Mail on Sunday named Banksy as Robin Gunningham. The search began with a photograph taken in Jamaica showing a man in a blue shirt and jeans, with a hint of a smile on his face and a … Read more
Francis Bacon’s masterpiece Triptych Inspired By The Oresteia Of Aeschylus is expected to fetch more than £46million at auction A Francis Bacon masterpiece was unveiled at Sotheby’s in London yesterday The painting is expected to fetch well in excess of £46million in New York in May Bacon painted the piece in 1981, and depicts his … Read more
Row over ‘fake’ 17th century masterpiece lands hedge fund boss with £4.5m bill from Sotheby’s By Mario Ledwith for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 12 December 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 12 December 2019 An American hedge fund boss has been forced to pay around £4.5million to Sotheby’s after it sold a 17th century … Read more
You may have heard that it’s just been lauded as a ‘modest masterpiece’, winning the prestigious RIBA Stirling architectural award, a first for a council estate. But what makes this huddle of around 100 houses and flats in Goldsmith Street, Norwich, so special — and why might it have implications for the rest of us? … Read more
Swans, cobblestones and lace shops: Bruges doesn’t disappoint if your hopes for a weekend away includes old-fashioned charm. But this medieval masterpiece of a city, reached from London in little more than three hours on Eurostar, also has avant-garde musical installations, irresistible chocolate shops and a thriving beer scene all set on winding, ancient lanes. … Read more