Man up: European art and the male nude – two shows will explore the European academic tradition of the male nude.  The Male Nude: Eighteenth-century Drawings from the Paris Academy, which opened on October 23 at the Wallace Collection, will feature … More…

An original Leonardo da Vinci mural has been discovered after at least 500 years of hiding under 17 layers of whitewash.  Located in the Sforza Castle in Italy, the city of Milan plans to restore the newly discovered painting, which … More…

Anthony Caro, Pioneering Scrap-Metal Sculptor, Dies at 89 – Caro started out as Henry Moore’s assistant in 1951, taught at Bennington College in Vermont for a couple of years in the 60s and later that decade had his first retrospective at … More…

Wrecked Ferrari Sells for $250,000, Basquiat $5 Million  more amazing ‘stuff’ is selling … this time it is taking place at FICA in Paris .. among the early sales was a wrecked Ferrari (found object called art) at $250,000, a … More…

Romania Picasso Thief Claims Stolen Artworks May Be Fakes – now this is an interesting defense … claim the works you stole were just copies of the originals.  Gotta love the creativity.  

Kevin Tyrone Washington, 48, of Georgetown was sentenced to 3 years in jail late last week.  After steeling four credit card numbers from diners at a local restaurant he was employed at, Washington acquired several pieces of fine jewelry and … More…

Georgetown Waiter Bought Fanciest Stuff Ever With Stolen Credit Card Info – Another dark side story … this time Kevin T. Washington stole credit card information from a restaurant he worked at and then bought jewelry and art — which, in … More…