Lost art
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Jacob Rothschild’s Waddesdon Manor wants to track down the massive mural created for the 1951 Festival of Britain
The Montana Museum of Art and Culture has been reunited with an important Impressionist portrait
As the Rijksmuseum's once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster brings together an unprecedented number of works by the Old Master, paintings including a self-portrait are still missing
These five missing paintings might still survive—possibly looted and secreted away
The work, depicting the artist's uncle at a piano, will also go on long-term loan to Leopold Museum in Vienna
The digital works can be seen as just the latest overhyped trend, or the newest incarnation of using technology to create art
The painting—which went missing in a German salt mine during the war—was given a gilded frame with swirling lines
A lasting change of the coronavirus pandemic might be how shows are viewed
The Magdeburg masterpiece may have been burned at the end of hostilities—but some believe it might have been looted and survive
Paintings by Monet, Van Gogh and Cézanne, which were stolen in dramatic art heists, are available to view online
Discovered by the gardener at the Ricci Oddi gallery last year, Portrait of a Lady will be the star of a series of exhibitions on the much-loved artist
Missing for six decades, La Mesa Herida (The Wounded Table) may be in a London warehouse, but experts say the work is likely a fake
How will the experience of art collecting change after the coronavirus pandemic?
Should we mourn the loss of art that was only made to be destroyed?
Frankfurt's Städel Museum put a detective journalist on the case
From Smithson’s Spiral Jetty to a mordant Trump nutcracker figure
Does the imperial collection really include a mirror of wisdom, a sword of valour, and a jewel of benevolence gifted from the gods?
Study reveals that up to 8% of museum acquisitions were looted from private citizens
Ahead of the painting's sale, the art historian Noah Charney asks whether the pricey work is a true lost treasure or one of scores made by Caravaggisti
The world is full of wonderful artists, but not all their names are known, and fewer are remembered
Noah Charney examines how historic buildings that were needlessly destroyed can live on today
Noah Charney explains how mythological clues can lead us to real findings
Noah Charney on the potential problems and fascinating details behind these little-known and under-studied objects
Noah Charney on works that are “extant but inaccessible”
Noah Charney on amazing works that were always meant to be temporary
Noah Charney on the work that was the target of 13 different crimes
Noah Charney on the Sadnikar family's extremely personal collection in Slovenia
Noah Charney on the Carabinieri's efforts to track down the stolen painting
Expert says new evidence could reveal the location of Mexican artist’s biggest work, which “disappeared into thin air”
Noah Charney on how epic histories became mythical stories