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Neolithic Pits Near Stonehenge Might Have Channeled the Underworld

12/01/2025

An enormous pit circle near Stonehenge was created by Neolithic-era humans who might have conceived it as a portal to the underworld, according to archaeologists behind a newly published paper. “The architects of Stonehenge may have had the heavens in …

Метки : стоунхенджархеологиянеолитпорталвеликобританиязагадка

Fictional Art Heist on 'High Potential' Recalls Louvre Theft

11/13/2025

Reality sometimes really is stranger than fiction, as was the case when one television series released an episode about a high-profile art heist involving a Rembrandt a week after a theft at the Louvre captured global attention. The ABC series, …

Метки : искусствокражарембрандтсериалрасследованиезагадка

Picasso Work Vanishes En Route to Exhibition

10/22/2025

Picasso Work Vanishes En Route to Exhibition A gouache-and-pencil work on paper by Picasso insured for $700,000 has gone missing in transit between Madrid and Granada. TitledNaturaleza muerta con guitarra(Still Life with Guitar), the roughly five-by-four-inch 1919 piece was one …

Метки : искусствопикассовыставкагранадазагадкакража

David Lynch’s Personal Items Hit the Auction Block in Los Angeles

05/31/2025

Hundreds of items from filmmaker David Lynch’s personal estate are being auctioned by Julien’s in Los Angeles, with online bidding already exceeding $56,000. Nearly 450 lots are included in the sale, which spans Lynch’s career and features movie props, musical …

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National Gallery in London Buys Work by Unknown Artist for $20 M.

05/02/2025

To celebrate its bicentenary, London’s National Gallery has purchased a curious altarpiece for $20 million that it was eyeing for decades. Titled The Virgin and Child with Saints Louis and Margaret and Two Angels, the painting dates from 1500-10 – …

Метки : искусстволондоннациональная галереяалтарный образзагадкареконструкция

From Trash to Treasure: 18th-Century Romney Sketch Rescued from a Dumpster

03/19/2025

Rosebery's London At first sight, the drawing that an antiques enthusiast in Hudson, New York, rescued from a dumpster seemed too “interesting and old” to leave in the garbage. A little research indicated that the enthusiast was right: the sketch …

Метки : искусствоантиквариатаукционджордж ромнизагадкаистория.

Hidden Painting Revealed Beneath Portrait from Picasso's Blue Period

02/11/2025

The most studied period of Pablo Picasso’s career, it seems, still had a secret to keep: a mystery woman hidden beneath a well-known portrait, now revealed by conservators at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. X-ray and infrared analysis …

Метки : пабло пикассосиний периодкортолдискусствозагадкатайна