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The famous slippers stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan were recovered by federal investigators and returned to...

In honor of the 96th Academy Awards, take a look at this original movie poster of Casablanca (1942) which sold at auction in 2020 for a...

Courtesy Heritage Auctions As we enter into the first quarter of 2024, we're seeing a lot of tried-and-true blue-chip artists. This...

Can you guess this artwork? Courtesy: The Getty Museum

As a follow-up to our blog on October 14, 2022, "Federal Agents Raid Home of Gallery Owner", the former prominent Birmingham, Michigan...

This bag was created for musician Pharrell Williams This teeny-tiny microscopic handbag made by a 3-D printer is so small that the human...

Peter Max Iconic 1969 High Top Smile Sneakers with original orange shoestrings, by Randy Company What are some of your favorite things?...

Hush-hush! Wanna buy an Oscar? Where are all of the Academy Awards that have gone missing? Is an Oscar cat burglar on the loose? Read...

In Paint, Wilson plays a gentle, nature-loving artist named Carl Nargle. Nargle is recognized as Vermont’s top painting show for nearly...

The Detroit Institute of Arts ranks ahead of every other art museum in the U.S. in USA Today’s annual 10Best Competition for top art...

Malaka Gharib/ NPR Many of us would love to have a deep connection when we look at a painting or sculpture, but it can be challenging....

Check out the rules of “Artiquette” — and thanks for the inspiration, The Getty Museum, New York Magazine and NYPL The New York Public...

Actor Pierce Brosnan, of the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair, is host of a new series on the History Channel called History’s Greatest...

Housed within a Beaux Arts building, the Detroit Institute of Arts maintains a collection of some 65,000 works – among the largest and...

A first grade girl was devastated after her teacher panned her picture and remarked that she had "done it wrong." Her mother decided to...

Do you love watching @CBSSunday as much as we do? Check out the interview with curator Jill Shaw discussing the blockbuster exhibition...

A pair of Levi jeans from the 1880's found in an abandoned mine in New Mexico recently sold for $87,400. They had been used by a miner,...

"On a Clear Day" includes happy little trees, clouds, and a mighty peak Courtesy Bob Ross Inc During Bob Ross's tenure on the PBS...

Photo Images: The Grand Tetons and Snake River by Ansel Adams With guns drawn, Federal Agents entered the home of Wendy Beard owner of...

Photo Credit: MoMA Back in 1962 when Andy Warhol featured the Campbell brand in his artwork, Campbell had some initial concern about his...

“And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” — William Shakespeare Honoring Queen Elizabeth II and her lifetime of service to the...

This rare Third Imperial Fabergé Easter egg, made for the Russian Imperial family in 1887 and said to be worth tens of millions of...

"Gestalt [ɡə-SHTalt] noun Gestalt in art refers to an ability to recognize patterns and group objects An organized whole that is...

Louis Vuitton established his own business at the age of 33. His signature travel trunks were elegant and robust. This was in line with...

Just a week after the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the jacket retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin was wearing when he set...

We are saddened by the passing of Swedish-born American artist Claes Oldenburg, in Manhattan at the age of 93. Over his decades-long...

A Van Gogh self-portrait has recently been found on the reverse of a painting owned by the National Galleries of Scotland. The image of...

Art aficionados finally have a 'le' of their own! Here's how it works - you are shown one of the gallery's 150,000 artworks and you have...

Photo Courtesy of San Antonio Museum of Art / Michael Minasi Laura Young found a human head carved out of marble under a table at a...

Several major American museums are auctioning paintings by famous artists, in the growing trend of deaccessioning their collections The...

"The Last Supper" is widely regarded as representative of the high point of Leonardo da Vinci's career as a painter. Is the Biblical Last...

Three shipments of Russian art en route to Moscow and St. Petersburg from Italy and Japan, where they were loaned out for museum...

We are wishing a happy birthday to artist, educator, and dancer Nick Cave. Cave uses media of all kinds to address gender, race,...

Can you guess the artist?

A drawing recently sold for $30 at a Concord, Massachusetts estate sale. It is believed to be an original Dürer worth $50 million

We're saddened by the passing of Wayne Thiebaud this past weekend at the age of 101. An icon of Californian Pop Art, Thiebaud came to...

Inmates at Maine's state prisons, many of whom are facing decades behind bars without a chance of parole, are finding new purpose through...

The pandemic seemed to have killed heels with sales falling by more than 60% But now, designers are bringing back five-inch heels. Will...

Recently my colleague Anne Igelbrink shared the following enticing new information that has come to light regarding the largest unsolved...

"Oppugn" [ uh-pyoon ] verb to doubt the authenticity of something Examples of oppugn in a sentence: At the garage sale I would oppugn the...

Step onto the trails in The Artist's Path in 500 Walks, which takes readers around the world to the footpaths that inspired classic and...

Antiques Roadshow Has a Renegade Message - "The Surprising Politics of Antiques Roadshow" by Stephen Lurie The show is about finding out...

Today's date in 1997 marked the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Please do marvel at the astonishingly long train of her wedding dress,...

These little known masterpieces invite you to look differently at hand-carved works of art designed to redirect light and attention to...

A Margaret Keane 'Big Eyes' painting stolen in 1972 has been returned to the family that owned it thanks to our friend and colleagues,...

Pictured here is: "The Grand Finale,” between late 19th and 20th century, Lendall Pitts, American, pastel on paper. From the collection...