Alonso Sanchez Coello “Portrait de Don Diego, fils de Philippe II d’Espagne”, 1577 One of the biggest art exhibitions planned for next year has collapsed because of a row between a European prince and HM Revenue & Customs. Masterpieces by Rubens and Van Dyck were among the treasures from the royal family of Liechtenstein’s collection, [...]

The ceremonial shield portraying Medusa, one of the three Gorgons in the Greek mythology, painted around 1600 by Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio. The mystery surrounding the death of Baroque master Caravaggio may soon be resolved thanks to new DNA tests — as long as the right body can be found. What caused the [...]

Glasgow-based artist Richard Wright, 49, reacts after being announced as the winner of the Turner Prize 2009 at Tate Britain in London, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The winner of the 25,000 pound ($40,000) prize was chosen from among four finalists and announced at London’s Tate Britain gallery. The Turner is awarded annually to a British [...]

Caravaggio (Italian 1571-1610). Bacchus, 1595. Oil on canvas, 37 x 33 inches. The tiny image of the Renaissance master is hidden in a carafe of wine in his 1597 oil painting Bacchus, one of his most acclaimed works which hangs in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery. It shows a man, thought to be Caravaggio at the age [...]

It’s the business … Martin Westwood’s corporate collage, Sunset Clause (2004) Martin Westwood makes art from corporate culture. Literally: he builds sculptures using the paraphernalia of commerce, fabricating collages out of brochures, pie-charts, carpet tiles and paperclips. The resulting installations sit somewhere between the sterile world of the car showroom, with its promotional balloons and [...]