Read more painting stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4830/painting.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:29:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71538/da-vinci-fingerprint-ids-lost-painting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA painting bought for $19,000 by a Canadian dealer two years ago has been valued at $150 million after it was determined to be a work by Leonardo Da Vinci. Carbon dating and infrared techniques convinced experts that the portrait on vellum was a genuine Da Vinci. The final...http://www.newser.com/story/71538/da-vinci-fingerprint-ids-lost-painting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 5:55:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69228/warhol-collection-stolen-from-la-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA multi-million dollar collection of portraits by Andy Warhol has been stolen from a prominent collector's home, the Los Angeles Times reports. Former investment banker Richard Weisman's housekeeper discovered that The Athletes series of 11 portraits—worth as much as a million a pop—had vanished when she entered the...http://www.newser.com/story/69228/warhol-collection-stolen-from-la-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 5:58:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66284/how-to-bust-art-myths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToo many people have given up talking about modern art, retreating behind pat statements like “art is subjective,” writes Paddy Johnson in the Christian Science Monitor. Here are some attitudes that drive her crazy: Anyone could do that: A typical rejoinder is, “But you didn’t.” It takes practice to recognize...http://www.newser.com/story/66284/how-to-bust-art-myths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 5:19:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63279/digital-rembrandt-show-restores-lost-details.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe life work of Rembrandt, including all 317 known paintings, goes on display next week in full-sized digital reproductions that attempt to re-create the works as they emerged from the artist's studio. The Complete Rembrandt, Life Size , in Amsterdam, restores sections lopped off of canvases, transforms colors, and brightens up...http://www.newser.com/story/63279/digital-rembrandt-show-restores-lost-details.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 8:30:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62282/met-bares-1st-work-by-michelangelo-12.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA work believed to be Michelangelo's first painting has made its American debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Times reports. St. Anthony Tormented by Demons , a customized copy of a German print, is thought to have been painted in 1487 when Michelangelo was a 12-year-old apprentice...http://www.newser.com/story/62282/met-bares-1st-work-by-michelangelo-12.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 1:30:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61751/banksy-strikes-again-with-huge-museum-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagControversial artist Banksy has mounted a huge show at his hometown Bristol City Museum—but the secretive vandal is nowhere to be seem, the Times of London reports. The exhibition was planned in secret through Banksy’s representatives. “We couldn’t even tell the council and the whole thing could have been...http://www.newser.com/story/61751/banksy-strikes-again-with-huge-museum-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 16:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61427/pitt-drops-1m-for-painting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBrad Pitt played the role of big-time art collector today at the Art Basel fair in Switzerland. Pitt spent about $1 million on a 9-foot painting by Neo Rauch, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 1998 racetrack painting, Etappe , "depicts a swirling view of a driver behind a red, Formula...http://www.newser.com/story/61427/pitt-drops-1m-for-painting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 18:13:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61422/madonna-guy-nude-painting-sells-finally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter failing to sell at auction last month, a painting of Madonna in the buff with ex Guy Ritchie has found a buyer, the BBC reports. An anonymous collector paid more than the $24,000 reserve price demanded by a Scottish house. “We were very confident we would find the...http://www.newser.com/story/61422/madonna-guy-nude-painting-sells-finally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 15:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60677/artists-get-what-they-want-by-painting-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Justin Gignac and Christine Santora wanted a pair of gold aviators, they painted a picture of the sunglasses and sold it for $243.84—then went out and bought the pair, for $243.84. The New York artists have amassed other luxuries, like dinner at Nobu, in the same...http://www.newser.com/story/60677/artists-get-what-they-want-by-painting-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 15:40:02 CDT