Man Finds 17th Century Rembrandt Painting In Attic, Sells It For Record-Breaking Amount
A routine estate visit in Camden, Maine, on Saturday led to the groundbreaking discovery of a rare 17th-century portrait, a replica of Rembrandt, in an attic, PR Newswire reported. Kaya Weill, an auctioneer and master appraiser with decades of experience in the art industry, discovered art that had been hidden for years. According to PR […]
Bill Viola, ‘the Rembrandt of the video age’, dies aged 73 | Bill Viola
Bill Viola, a pioneer in the fields of new media, video and installation art, has died at the age of 73 at his home in Long Beach, California. For five decades, his installations have found new uses for cutting-edge audio and visual technology, and his work draws on spiritual and philosophical traditions from both the […]
Artist to destroy Picasso, Rembrandt, Warhol art if Julian Assange dies in prison
A French artist has announced plans to use acid to destroy up to $45 million worth of art, including works by Rembrandt, Picasso and Andy Warhol, if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dies in prison. . Andrei Molodkin has 16 works of art donated to him stored in a 29-ton safe along with a “highly corrosive” […]