The mystery of Johannes Vermeer’s missing artworks
“Such speculation is a joyful part of Vermeer studies.”
Author: Poppy Burton
Italian minister resigns after accusation of laundering stolen art
Vittorio Sgarbi, Italy’s undersecretary for culture, has resigned from his position after an explosive row.
Man dies after falling from London’s Tate Modern gallery
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
The Bruce Springsteen song about his childhood friend
“Guys would come up to me and say: ‘Oh, you’re real. We thought you were a legend.'”
‘I Won’t Back Down’ and the arson that inspired Tom Petty’s hit
“That song frightened me when I wrote it.”
Watch the first trailer for Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic ‘Back To Black’
The film promises: “Her Music. Her Life. Her Terms.”
The only painting by The Beatles fetches $1.7 million at auction
“A Japanese journalist thought he could see female genitals in Paul’s quadrant.”
Sotheby’s cleared of fraud in Dmitry Rybolovlev case
The auction house has been cleared of defrauding the Russian billionaire.
Laurie Anderson withdraws from professorship due to her pro-Palestine stance
Anderson has explained her reasoning in a statement.
