A painting worth over GBP 250,000 has been rescued from being recycled as old paper moments before it was due to be crushed. The valuable painting by artist Yves Tanguy, valued at EUR 280,000 (GBP 250K), had been acquired by an Israeli businessman who carried it in his hand luggage…
Vandals have reportedly wrecked a Stone Age cave in Turkey, painting over or smashing away wall paintings that were over 42,000 years old. The shocking vandalsim took place at Palanli Cave, an archaeological site near the village of Palanli in the district of Adiyaman in the Turkish province of the…
A buyer who claimed he wanted to continue supporting struggling artists during the pandemic but expected a 50-percent COVID discount was horrified when he was sent only half the painting for the reduced fee. The unnamed collector was interested in a portrait by artist Ali Leblebici called ‘MMXI’, and he…
Devotees in a Russian church reportedly shouted “miracle” when two paintings of the Virgin Mary and archangel Gabriel were removed for renovations, only to reveal white ghostly shapes left behind on the walls. The incident took place at the Church of Saint Sergius of Radonezh in the city of Voronezh…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNVxrCAi8CY&feature=youtu.be Credit: Newsflash/@rdhicks1999 This is the hilarious moment a bungling counter-protestor is filmed spray painting “WIGHTE LIVES MATTER” onto a picket fence in a bizarre spelling mistake in an American city which has gone viral. The message was filmed being sprayed onto the fence in the city of Sunbury in…