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Found at an West-Virginia fleamarket

Valuable Paintings Found in Unusual Places

Here are eight paintings found in unusual places that turned out to be worth more than anticipated.

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Features

Visitors viewing Sun Yitian's painting at Esther Schipper, Frieze Seoul 2024

What’s Online Winter 2025: Art & Object Magazine

Faux Mogao caves assembled for the 2016 show at the Getty Center.

Visiting Dunhuang: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Library Cave

Installation view, ‘Jennifer Rochlin. Paintings on Clay,’ Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street, 2 May 2024 – 12 July 2024. © Jennifer Rochlin

What’s Online Fall 2024: Art & Object Magazine

Sungsic MOON 문성식, Summer Night 여름밤, 2022.

Denver Art Museum Showcases the Politics of Korean Ceramics

Matthew Wong, The Realm of Appearances, 2018.

The Parallel Life and Art of Matthew Wong and Vincent Van Gogh

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Auction

Camille Claudel, bronze casting at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, between 1898 and 1913. License

A Lost Camille Claudel Sculpture Now Set to Go To Auction

Dorothy’s Signature Red Slippers Make Auction History

A Diamond Necklace With Ties To Marie Antoinette Doubles Its Low-Estimate At Auction

Design

Architecture shot and production design image from The Brutalist

'The Brutalist' Production Designer Speaks on the Film’s Architecture

Cultural Stays: The Prince Kitano & The Arlo Hotels as NYC Art Destinations

Maison Gerard Celebrates 50 Years With Historic Art Deco Pieces on View

Ancient Art

Courtesy Stuart Handler, Paul Holberton Publishing

Stuart Handler’s New Art History Book is a Cultural Treasure Trove

The U.S. Returns $80 Million Worth of Stolen Artifacts to Italy

Archaeologists Uncover Mysterious Ancient Roman Dodecahedron

Painting

paint by number set

Amateur Art for All: The History of Paint By Numbers

Bob Ross Painting Videos: How Helpful Are They?

The History of Santa Claus: Tracing the Evolution of a Beloved Icon

Photography

a woman in a pink bikini and sunglasses sits in a lawn chair in front of her home at night

Christmas Lights: Photographing a Very American Tradition

Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Dark Room A–Z, A Conversation on Photographing Connection

A Book Review of “Sybil and David Yurman: Artists and Jewelers”

Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci, Horse and Rider Mold. The mold made directly of Leonardo's equestrian beeswax model. License

Bronze Cast of Da Vinci’s Last Known Beeswax Maquette Priced at $100 Million

An Intersection of Art & Science at PST Art

Julianne Moore To Star In Television Adaptation Of The Lost Leonardo

Contemporary Art

footprints in the snow make a geometric pattern by artist Simon Beck

The Art of Snow and Ice: Depictions Throughout Art History

Top Must-See Pieces at the ICA Miami

When Feminism Imitates Art: Ecofeminism at PST

Sculpture

Stag at Sharkey's, 1909. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Oil on canvas; framed: 110 x 140.5 x 8.5 cm (43 5/16 x 55 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 92 x 122.6 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.).

10 Must-See Pieces From the Extensive CMA Collections

New Art in Japan: Highlights from Art Collaboration Kyoto and Art Week Tokyo

The Clark Art Institute Makes Plans to Expand After Generous Donation

Antiques

Park Avenue Armory

Remembering Sanford Smith: Art Lover, Collector, and Businessman

7 Art Auctions in May & June 2024 You Won't Want to Miss

How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

Women Artists

Hilda Petrie descending a ladder into an Egyptian Tomb.

5 Pioneering Women in Archaeology

Tensions Rise Between David Zwirner and The Hilma af Klint Foundation

Miu Miu's Feminist Fashion Statement at Art Basel Paris

Fair

View of Context Art Miami Fair

Art Miami Announces 2024 Exhibitors List for 34th Edition, Dec. 3-8

10 Highlights from Art Basel Paris 2024

The 10 Best Booths at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2024

Black Artists

Gallery entrance

Denver Art Museum Exhibits Trailblazing Alma Thomas Work from Smithsonian

A Visual Interpretation of the Black Experience at Edges of Ailey

7 Notable Artworks and Artists Associated with Howard University

Gallery

Art League RI's last exhibition, CONNECT, curated by Nick Paciorek.

Art League Rhode Island: A Nonprofit for Local Artists

Just Like Heaven: A Celebratory Exhibition for Marc Jacobs’ 40th Anniversary

A Look Inside Brooklyn’s Gallery of Authentic Prints and Lithographs

Latin American Art

Carolina Bácares Jara (Bogotá, b. 1987), Zona de derrumbes, Sound and video installation, Artecamera section, curated by Ximena Gama, curator of the National Library of Colombia

ARTBO Celebrates 20 Years of Colombian Art

Why the LACMA’s “Archive of the World” Catalogue Matters

Neo-Concretism: the short-lived but influential art movement

Asian Art

Kawaii detail of a little yokai girl from the Yoshimitsu Hyakki no Zu scroll, unknown author.

What is Kawaii Art?

From Art Fairs to Biennales, Contemporary Art Is Blossoming in South Korea

The Golden Ratio Revealed in 7 Masterpieces

LGBTQ Artists

8 - self-portrait in the afternoon light, january 2019, puberty

Preview Laurence Philomene’s Masterful Monograph: "Puberty"

Eisenman’s Paintings Back in NYC Art Scene at Hauser & Wirth

6 Art World Events for Pride 2022

Drawing

EFA panel discussion, Billy Gerard Frank, central figure with microphone

EFA’s Open Studios Explore Collage, Color, and Curation

The Mystical Tradition: Drawings of Memory and Mystery at the Drawing Center

The History of Copying Art: A Learning Tool or a Cheat?

Museum

The Snettisham Hoard on display at the British Museum. The hoard contains hundreds of pieces of gold and other metal objects including about 70 intact torcs. License

Exploring the British Iron Age: 7 Fascinating Found Objects

Reframing Complicated Narratives for a Contemporary Audience at Brooklyn Museum

Top 10 Must-See Pieces at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Modern Art

“We Will Meet Again in the Sky," Jake Michael Singer

Art D’Égypte "Forever is Now" Shimmers Alongside the Great Pyramids

Guy Lyman Fine Art: An Artist and Dealer in The Big Easy

Claude Monet’s Water Lilies to Debut At Christie’s Hong Kong

Indigenous Art

Archie Moore, Australia Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024, image by Andrea Rossetti.

An Ode To The Woven Arts At 2024 Venice Biennale Golden Lion Awards

History Painting: An Art Genre or the Manipulation of Truth?

9 Indigenous Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram