The collection of European paintings at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) is one of the largest and most important in India, says curator Nilanjana Som. CSMVS has masterpieces from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, along with some Victorian ones which are part of this collection. “People and portraits, historical paintings, religious and mythological stories,
Years ago, Sierra Mortimer put some bling and paint on a cattle skull as wedding décor for a relative, and discovered her untapped artistic talent. “If I were to try to paint or draw pictures of animals or humans, it would look like stick figures,” Mortimer – who lives in rural Converse County near Glenrock
Spanning a staggering three decades, the Thirty Years’ War left an unforgettable mark on European history as one of the most prolonged and destructive conflicts ever witnessed. From 1618 to 1648, Central Europe became the battleground for a fierce struggle that claimed the lives of an estimated 4.5 to 8 million individuals, encompassing soldiers and
With many culturally significant items fetching hefty sums at auctions, it’s no surprise that cultural property theft is a booming business. According to the current edition of the annual Interpol report Assessing Crimes Against Cultural Property released in October 2022, around 23,000 pieces were reported stolen across 74 surveyed countries in 2021. As our chart
Former commodities trader Christian Levett has announced plans to convert his antiquities museum in the south of France into “the first museum in Europe dedicated to art by women artists”. According to a post on Instagram, Levett’s Mougins Museum of Classical Art will close at the end of this month and reopen with its new
Entertainment By Caroline Howe Published Aug. 12, 2023, 2:52 p.m. ET Stéphane Breitwieser (center) stole some 239 works of art with an estimated value of $2 billion from as many as 200 museums all over Europe. AP Frenchman Stéphane Breitwieser was an art junkie, and to get his fix, he stole some 239 works of
Preliminary work on the grey water footprint In the context of this study, grey water footprint refers to the idea of expressing water pollution in water volumes by converting substance loads into the dilution volume that would be required to dilute the pollution below substance-specific limits. Conversely, a substance-specific dilution factor can be derived from
“Steve took the song home and got Kirsty to sing the woman’s part just to see how it would sound,” said the band’s Spider Stacy. “But as soon as we heard Kirsty singing, we knew she was the answer.” The song proved a hit on the U.K. charts that winter — on its way to
“Venedig, Zattere (Venice)” by Carl Moll, oil on panel, 13-3/8 by 13-7/8 inches, was exhibited by the artist in Vienna the year it was painted, 1926. Inclusion in two publications undoubtedly helped drive interest in the picture, which earned a sale-high of $176,400 (60/100,000). Review By Madelia Hickman Ring; Photos Courtesy Freeman’s PHILADELPHIA — A
I recall attending a bullfight as a child and I remember being struck by the distinct nobility of the bull. The music, well-dressed aficionados, and wailing of tears, coupled with cheers and guffaws, blended into a well-stirred cocktail of aesthetic excess. But it was, after all, the bull that stood at the very heart of