no comment UK: A humanoid robot paints portraits A robot called Ai-Da can paint portraits like humans thanks to its new arm equipped with robotics and artificial intelligence technologies. 05/04/2022
See Russian painting worth €1 million vandalised by 'bored' security guard Anna Leporskaya's 1930s painting 'Three Figures' is being restored in Moscow after a security guard drew two sets of eyes on the faceless forms. 10/02/2022
See Series on childhood arrives at the late Joaquín Sorolla's Spanish home A collection of work depicting the theme of childhood by the Spanish 'Master of Light' will be displayed Sorolla Museum this year. 02/02/2022
See Prince Charles unveils Holocaust survivor portrait series Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall spent Holocaust Memorial Day with 'seven remarkable individuals' who sat for a set of portraits displayed in the Queen's Gallery. 28/01/2022
See Francis Bacon exhibit - blurring the lines between humans and animals Spanning Bacon’s 50-year career, the 'Francis Bacon: Man and Beast' exhibition includes some of Bacon’s earliest works and his last-ever painting 26/01/2022
Culture news Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' lies 'flat on its belly' for restoration Completed in 1642, the painting, which measures 3.8 x 4.5 metres and weighs 337 kilograms, is rich in details. It portrays the captain of an Amsterdam city militia ordering his men into action. 21/01/2022
See Watercolours painted by Prince Charles on display in London gallery A collection of 79 watercolours painted by none other than the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, are on display at the Garrison Chapel in London 12/01/2022
Climate Why are Barcelona’s rooftops being painted white? The capital of Catalonia could be about to undergo a makeover - here’s why 11/01/2022
Culture news 'I paint hope': Young Syrian painter dreams of a European escape 16-year-old Roaa Tanari has spent most of her life living among the ruins of Syria's war. 20/12/2021
See Priceless Rembrandt painting to be stretched to reverse deformations Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has announced plans to re-stretch Rembrandt van Rijn's iconic painting 'The Night Watch', reverse deformations found in its top-left corner. 09/12/2021
Touch Meet the artist fixing potholes with ceramics to urge street repairs Ivan Kravchenko, a 26-year old ceramics artist, is plugging Russia's notoriously potholed roads with beautiful painted patches. 11/11/2021
Serbia Serbia: Clashes over mural of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic Several NGOs said they would gather to remove the mural on the International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism, but Serbia's police banned the rally. 10/11/2021
Culture news 'Portrait of a Lady': After years of 'hiding', Klimt work now on show Mystery swirls around 'Portrait of a Lady', a Gustav Klimt painting believed to have been stolen - and later found not hanging on a wall, but stashed inside one. 27/10/2021
Culture news Lyon exhibits the art of a Spanish exile turned painter Displayed on the walls of the Fort de Vaise at the Renaud Foundation, the exhibition has been sponsored by the Consulate of Spain in Lyon. 26/10/2021
Spain Pablo Picasso artworks sell for a combined $109 million in Las Vegas The nine paintings and two ceramic pieces had been displayed inside the Picasso restaurant at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art for more than two decades. 24/10/2021
See Shredded Banksy artwork sells for nearly €22 million at auction 'Love is in the Bin': Shredded Banksy artwork sells for nearly €22 million at auction 14/10/2021
Culture news This 19th century portrait of Chopin was found at a flea market Thrifted at a Polish flea market in the early 1990s, a peeling portrait of the virtuoso pianist has finally been restored and dated back to the 19th century. 11/10/2021
Netherlands Man jailed for stealing Van Gogh and Hals paintings from Dutch museums The court described him as an 'incorrigible and calculating criminal.' 24/09/2021
no comment Exhibition for dogs displays artwork at their eye-level At this exhibition in Hong Kong, dogs are able to get up close and personal with art 27/07/2021
Meet the locals Akmo, the artist who found her voice in Dubai Meet Akmo, a talented artist and entrepreneur originally from Kyrgyzstan. At the age of 18, she moved to Dubai and five years later she has a successful singing career and has established a thriving business. 22/07/2021
Greece Greek police recover Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012 Police say they have recovered the artworks nearly a decade after their theft from Greece's biggest state art gallery in Athens. 29/06/2021
Green News This whiter than white paint could be very good news for the planet It reflects 98% of sunlight and radiates infrared heat through the atmosphere into space. 16/04/2021
Netherlands Dutch police make arrest over theft of €6m Van Gogh painting Van Gogh's “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” was snatched from the Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam in the early hours of March 30, 2020. 06/04/2021
Italy Road sign typo 'sotps' Italians in their tracks during pandemic Road sign typo 'sotps' Italians in their tracks during the pandemic 26/03/2021
France Plane painted green in protest over France's climate crisis response Several of the protesters stood on the plane's wings, carrying banners reading: "Is there a pilot to save the climate?" 05/03/2021
