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Rembrandt drawing found in Scottish attic
Owner contacted auction house Christie's after finding black chalk study of a blind beggar in a wardrobeA drawing of a blind beggar by Rembrandt has been found in a Scottish attic, to the astonishment...
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Jenny Saville, Yoko Ono and Ai Weiwei – the week in art
Saville is out to show she's the feminist Freud, Ono divulges her hopes, book tips and snapshots, and Ai Weiwei is barred from his own court hearing – all in your weekly art dispatchExhibition of the...
View ArticleChatsworth's Old Master stroke: unseen drawings revealed – in pictures
For the first time in over a century, Chatsworth is opening up one of the richest artistic archives in Britain. The Cabinet includes rarely seen, stunning drawings by old masters from Leonardo da Vinci...
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Chatsworth's drawings sketch intimate picture of artists' imaginations
Unseen for more than a century, the Devonshires' collection of Old Master drawings reveals the emotional power of great artA boy turns his gnarled and twisted body, looking at you. Red lines like...
View ArticleArt attack: defaced artworks from Rothko to Leonardo - in pictures
The recent attack on the Mark Rothko painting at Tate Modern is just one in a long line of acts of vandalism against artworks ... from the shooting of Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin and Child to a cricket...
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Death descends on London as a chilling precedent is set – the week in art
A show dedicated to the dead opens at the Wellcome Collection amid grave news about Henry Moore. Plus Jackson Pollock and pepper spray phones – all in today's weekly art dispatchExhibition of the week:...
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Winter solstice art: the dark night rises
From Caravaggio to Picasso, artists have always drawn to the darkness of deep midwinter"Halfway out of the dark", as Doctor Who put it in that Christmas special with the flying shark. To continue the...
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Oiled on canvas: the art of intoxication
From Rembrandt to Degas, learn from the masters about the pleasures and perils of the demon drink this New Year's EveFor New Year's Eve, here are my top five images of drinking in art. The Dutch master...
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The 10 best paintings for winter cheer
The Observer's art critic chooses some works to chase away the darkness. Nominate your favourites below1. Basket with Six Oranges: Van Gogh (1888)These oranges are incandescent, so bright you take a...
View ArticleValentine's Day: the best artworks about love – in pictures
For Valentine's Day here are some of the great works of art – from Rembrandt to Rauschenberg – depicting love and loversJonathan Jones
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Richard Wright's stellar art shines next to Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum
The British artist's new ceiling paintings featuring a vast network of black stars display a radical vision that fits with Dutch traditionThe art of British painter-installationist Richard Wright is...
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Self-portrait bequeathed to National Trust is identified as lost Rembrandt
Painting of artist, worth up to £20m, was thought to be later copyA portrait of a man with a wry expression and an absurd hat, bequeathed to the National Trust as a good but anonymous and relatively...
View ArticleFlashmob recreates Rembrandt painting in Breda shopping centre - video
Flashmob recreates Rembrandt's painting, The Night Watch, in a shopping centre in Breda to coincide with the painting's return to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
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Rijksmuseum to reopen after dazzling refurbishment and rethink
Only Rembrandt's Night Watch stays in same spot as display of museum's treasures completely reorganised in €375m overhaulThe grand refurbishment of the Dutch national museum of art and history, the...
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Rembrandt by Typex – review
The rackety life of the great Dutch master comes to vivid life in these marvellous drawingsSo, after 10 long years, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has reopened – and what a wondrous sight it must be....
View ArticleOld masters at the Ashmolean - in pictures
A selection of works on paper by some of the world's greatest artists which will be on display at Oxford's Ashmolean museum to mark its 330th birthday
View ArticleThe 10 best art auctions – in pictures
From Urban Art at Bonhams to 10,000 of Andy Warhol's personal belongingsStuart Semple
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Major National Gallery exhibition celebrates late Rembrandt
About 90 of the 17th-century Dutch master's late works being brought together in collaboration with RijksmuseumThe astonishing innovation and creativity of Rembrandt in his final years is to be the...
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Happy birthday, Rembrandt van Rijn! Why Google really shouldn't have
How can a doodle on an internet search page convey the enduring greatness of this master painter? Answer: it can'tRembrandt is in the news. He's all over the web, just for today, with articles...
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UK delays export of Rembrandt self-portrait
Government gives galleries until October to match price paid by US museum for postcard-sized paintingThe government has delayed the export of a painting that has soared in value since it was identified...
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