Danny Fullbrook Culture reporter Claudio Giovannini/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The painting will be returned to the exhibition when it is restored A 18th-century oil painting has been damaged after a museum visitor tripped while taking a selfie. Florence’s Uffizi Gallery said a tourist fell backwards while trying to “make a meme in front” of a portrait of Ferdinando...
Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor Bonhams The oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was painted in the UK in 1931 A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi – painted in 1931 in the UK – will be auctioned in London next month. Gandhi led a non-violent resistance movement against British rule in...
New England head coach Charlotte Edwards tells BBC Sport’s Joe Wilson to have a portrait of her in the Long Room at Lord’s is “truly special”. The painting is just the third of a woman commissioned by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). READ MORE: ‘Very short’ list for captain, says coach Edwards Read full article...
This week saw Rachel Reeves unveil her Spring Statement, the White House continue to shake the global economy with tariff threats, and the nominations for the BAFTA TV Awards be announced. But how much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven days? Quiz compiled...
An Exeter University art historian has solved the 70-year mystery over the theft of an original oil sketch, by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, from a stately home in Northamptonshire. The Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg was stolen in 1951 from Boughton House, the home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. It was...