French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguette stamp
‘Bakery scent’ added via microcapsules to postage stamp celebrating ‘jewel of French culture’ The French Post Office has released a scratch-and-sniff postage stamp to celebrate...
Category : Art and design
A room of her own: Mona Lisa could be moved, says Louvre
New room would give thousands of daily visitors better experience, says museum president The Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous portrait, could get a room...
Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail
Pope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmates Originally a convent dating to the 13th century, and once...
Historic meeting of French impressionists recreated in Paris exhibition
Immersive tour at Musée d’Orsay takes visitors back to 15 April 1874 – the moment that marked the movement’s birth In a lush red-and-gold carpeted...
Spanish police say they have smashed Banksy fakes syndicate
Officers arrest two people in Zaragoza, and two others, where the forgeries of the artworks were allegedly made Police in Catalonia have claimed to have...
Italian minister investigated over alleged art theft quits
Vittorio Sgarbi, who denies allegations over painting, cites separate antitrust investigation in resignation An Italian art critic who was recently placed under investigation over allegations...
Parts of Anselm Kiefer sculpture stolen from French warehouse
Lead books stolen from artwork, representing loss of more than $1m, according to prosecutor Thieves have stolen parts of a lead sculpture by the German...
Greek PM bemoans lack of progress on return of Parthenon marbles
Kyriakos Mitsotakis to raise issue of ‘reunification’ of sculptures when he meets Rishi Sunak this week Talks over a possible return of the Parthenon marbles...
Venice Biennale’s new, rightwing director has art world guessing
Meloni’s party is pleased by the appointment but Pietrangelo Buttafuoco has surprised before – not least by adopting Islam When Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, the incoming new...
Prado show examines how images helped fuel centuries of antisemitism in Spain
A new exhibition chronicles the shifting lenses through which Spain’s Catholics saw the country’s Jewish population The jet, horn, silver and coral amulets placed around...
