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101-Year-old Woman Is Amazed After Being Reunited with Her Lost Painting Looted by Nazis
The story of returning art stolen by the Nazis is a never-ending one, and the latest chapter involves a 101-year-old woman who was recently...
Painting Stolen in a Heist 30 Years Ago Returned to its Native Scotland
A painting stolen from a Scottish castle museum over 30 years ago has finally been returned after it emerged in a Yorkshire auction—and an...
Painting of Jesus’ Birth Valued at $15K Turns Out to Be Monumental Rembrandt Worth $18 Million
A new Rembrandt has been discovered—disguised as another artist's work, potentially making the owners millionaires as it goes up for auction at Sotheby's.
While unknown...
Painting Assumed to Be a Copy is Real–After Note is Found Hidden in Frame Making it Worth Thousands
A 200-year-old painting thought to be a copy has been identified as the original Portrait of a Tyrolese Lady by renowned 18th-century artist Rosalba...
Long-Lost Sketch by Landscape Master John Constable Found in an Old Suitcase
A sketch of Dover Harbor, created by British landscape artist John Constable on a sailing trip in 1803, was found within a smashed frame...
Artist Drops Sketchbook With Years of Work Lost – Until Toronto Steps up to Help
From Toronto comes a lovely story about lost and found, and how this nearly universal feature of Western society can bring out the best...
Renovation Unearths Paintings Behind Kitchen Walls Nearly 400-Years-old
In York, a seemingly normal apartment was hiding a historic secret for centuries until a kitchen remodeling exposed it to the light of day.
29-year-old...
Priceless Lost Jewels From Legendary Maravillas Shipwreck Are Found in Bahamas
A sunken crown jewel hidden in The Bahamas since 1656—the shipwrecked remains of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of...
Smells Like History: Academics Recreate the Lost Smells of Europe for Museums
Sometimes, the most powerful jolt of nostalgia one can feel is that which comes after picking up the scent of something iconic of one's...
Artist’s Painting is the First to Be Curated on the Moon: ‘It Will Last Forever’
British artist Sacha Jafri has prepared the first ever painting to be placed on the Lunar service when it blasts off with NASA later...
Seven Lost Artistic Masterpieces That Were Found in 2021
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering travel, conflict journalism, science, conservation, and health news.
Light is shining once again...
Incredible Cave Paintings 8 Miles-Long Revealed Deep in Amazon Forest: The Sistine Chapel of Ancients
Tens of thousands of pristine cave paintings were found daubed across an eight-mile stretch of rock in a once-in-a-century discovery in Colombia's Amazon rainforest.
Hailed...
Historian Believes the Holy Grail and Lost Ark of the Covenant May be Hidden Under This House in English Countryside
A real-life Indiana Jones believes he may have found the secret location of the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant—under a house...
In Just 2 Years, They’ve Rediscovered 4 Amazing Animals on Their ‘25 Lost Species’ List’
Just over two years since Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) promoted their '25 Most Wanted' list of 'lost species', a series of rediscoveries has reduced that...
Long-Lost Renoir Returned to Baltimore Museum
A tiny Renoir painting has returned home to a gallery in the Baltimore Museum of Art nearly 63 years after it was stolen and...
Possible da Vinci Painting Found in Scottish Farmhouse; Could be Worth $150 million
An old painting, which shows a woman embracing a young child, was nearly thrown out on several occasions, but Fiona McLaren, 59, from Scotland...
Lost Da Vinci Mural Behind False Wall May Have Been Found
Art researchers and scientists said on Monday that a high-tech project using tiny video probes has uncovered evidence that a fresco by Renaissance master...
Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Found in Bedroom
Reuters featured this yesterday: "Two lost paintings by Italian Renaissance master Fra Angelico have turned up in a modest house in central England in...
Stolen Van Gogh Returned by Sherlock Holmes of the Art World–Seized from Museum During COVID
An early van Gogh painting worth millions was stolen during a museum heist in 2020 under the cover of COVID lockdowns, but while the...
German Museums Work Year-Round to Find Rightful Heirs to Hundreds of Stolen Jewish Silver Pieces
In Germany, a small handful of dedicated people are, without any invitation or request, gradually reuniting silver and gold objects with the Jewish families...