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Christie’s Will Mount Two Major Sales to Auction Off the Estate of the Late Spanish-Language TV Tycoon Jerry Perenchio

Perenchio was also a major donor to LACMA.

A Clumsy Museum Visitor Snapped the Toes Off a Historic Sculpture in Italy While Trying to Pose for a Selfie in Its Lap

The statue of Paolina Borghese Bonaparte was the original plaster version of the marble masterpiece at the Galleria Borghese in Rome.

A New Study Suggests the Real Cause of Renaissance Master Raphael’s Death Was a Disease Similar to the Coronavirus

It was long believed—wrongly—that the artist died of syphilis.

What Can Art Teach Us About the History of Plant Cultivation? A Lot, It Turns Out—Via Something Called #ArtGenetics

Art history offers a snapshot of what fruits and vegetables used to look like.

‘Art Can Offer Respite’: Italian Old Master Dealer Carlo Orsi on Why a Slower Approach to Collecting Is Right for Uncertain Times

France Will Rebuild Notre Dame’s Spire as It Was, Scrapping Plans to Top the Fire-Ravaged Cathedral With a Contemporary Design

President Emmanuel Macron has abandoned the idea of holding an international competition to design a new spire.

When the Louvre Reopens Next Week, Patient Visitors Will Be Able to View the Mona Lisa Practically Alone

The museum has lost an estimated $45 million since the shutdown and expects attendance to plummet.

Now You Can See Long-Faded Details in Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ Thanks to Google and the Royal Academy in London

Google has digitized—in ultra high resolution—a contemporaneous copy of da Vinci’s work that sheds new light on the masterpiece.

Sotheby’s Teams Up With Old Master Dealers to Offer More Than 100 Artworks From Their Inventories in a Pair of Unorthodox Online Sales

The sales are part of an emerging lockdown-era trend of galleries joining forces with auction houses. 

The Uffizi’s Director Wants to Return Renaissance Artworks to the Churches They Were Originally Made for Hundreds of Years Ago

Much of Italian Renaissance art was originally made for churches. Should it go back?

The Nelson-Atkins Museum Is Still Closed for Humans, But Three Sophisticated Penguins Just Got a Private Tour (and the Photos Are Adorable)

The animals apparently found Monet passé, but were curious about Caravaggio.

This Rare Mannerist Painting by a 17th-Century Italian Nun Just Broke a Record at Sotheby’s, Selling for 14 Times Its High Estimate

A collector snapped up the picture for more than $260,000 in the auction house's online Old Masters sale.

The ‘Girl With the Pearl Earring’ Originally Had Eyelashes, Researchers Discover in a Series of New Revelations About Vermeer’s Masterpiece

The dark background originally depicted a green curtain.