When the National Army Museum acquired the portrait of a Napoleonic military musician, the identities of both the soldier and the painter were unknown. Now, experts believe they have uncovered the story behind this unique artwork, which dates from the aftermath of Wellington’s victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
On Sunday, 19 October 2025, at 09:30, thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris and stole nine items of priceless jewellry.
The Paris prosecutor confirmed that four people were involved in Sunday's robbery and said authorities were analyzing fingerprints found at the scene.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday denounced the spectacular theft of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in Paris as an attack on France's cultural history. The Louvre remains closed, today Monday October 20.
Akshita Lad is an award-winning artist based in Dubai, celebrated for her emotionally resonant and timeless works.
European private credit firm Pemberton Asset Management has acquired the Bonhams from private equity group Epiris for an undisclosed sum, bringing to an end six years of rapid international expansion under Epiris’s ownership.
The African Heritage Documentation and Research Centre (AHDRC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, documentation, and dissemination of knowledge about African tribal art.
There has been a robbery at the famous Louvre museum in central Paris, according to the French culture minister.
The burglars stole the big bodice knot of the Empress Eugenie on Sunday morning, as confirmed by the Ministry of Culture.
For the first time since the National Museum opened in 1945, it has surpassed 5 million annual visitors.
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has returned a 17th-century painting, 'Lady with a Fan,' to the descendants of a Jewish family who lost it during the Nazi era.
With the following conversation, I have ventured to engage in a conceptual exchange with Dr. Gindi, a sculptor of nourishing cathartic vigilance.
The works reached record numbers in the auction of modern and contemporary art, with results that exceeded the estimates.
Bonhams presents The Gene Hackman Collection: A Life in Art, a deeply personal survey of Modern and American art assembled by the legendary actor, to be offered in a dedicated Single-Owner sale on November 19 in New York.
UK Government announces £9 million grant, enabling National Trust to secure future of museums within UNESCO World Heritage Site that attract 330,000 visitors annually.
€16.429.303 for Peter Doig’s Ski Jacket led the auction, which realised a sell-through rate of 92 per cent by lot and 90 per cent by value. Strong results for works by Lucian Freud, Gerhard Richter and Paul Cezanne, as well as four new artist records
Since Frieze London first launched in 2003, Tate has acquired over 170 works by more than 100 artists at the fair.
An outdoor exhibition in central Moscow portrays Poland as historically hostile to Russia, alleging “ten centuries of Polish Russophobia” and promoting wartime narratives challenged by Warsaw and independent media.
Qatar has revealed that it owns Gustave Courbet’s famed self-portrait The Desperate Man and will loan the painting to Paris’s Musée d’Orsay for five years.
Discovered in 2019 by a metal detectorist, the Museum has the opportunity to purchase the Heart to stop it entering a private collection.