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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 44 | History Defined

Rare Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks record for female artists after selling for £41.8m

‘El sueño (La cama)’ was unseen for three nearly decades

The Independent UK

Archaeologists finally lift lid on ancient sarcophagus hidden beneath capital city

During the Roman period, much of what is now Hungary formed the province of Pannonia

The Independent UK

Experience: I found an old Rembrandt in a drawer

I guessed it would be worth a couple of hundred pounds at most, but it was a preparatory print for his famous 1639 etching The Goldweigher

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Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m to set new auction record for a female artist

The 1940 painting of Kahlo asleep in bed has surpassed the record set by the $44.4m sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 2014

The Guardian - AU

Bridget Riley: Learning to See review – optical mastery leaves you gasping for air

The artist’s complete control of colour and space ensnares and mesmerises, leaving you lost in a reverie of wonder and surprise. You just can’t look away

The Guardian - UK

Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas: Ooo La La review – from the sublime to the ridiculous

The two artists, friends, are paired in this joint show that juxtaposes Lucas’s precise and witty sculptures with Hambling’s semi-abstract dollops

The Guardian - UK

The Frida Kahlo scandal: Fridamania could reach new heights today – but where are her ‘missing’ masterpieces?

An auction in New York today is almost certain to make the celebrated artist a record-breaker. But, overshadowing what could be a $60m sale are questions about works that have allegedly disappeared

The Guardian - UK

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Edwin Austin Abbey review – an American flex with lashings of gold and nudity

Abbey’s studies for the vast murals in the Pennsylvania state capitol – early 20th-century Trump-style symbols of power – leave you wanting to see the finished works

The Guardian - UK

Louvre boss admits 'responsibility' and pledges security boost after jewel heist

The embattled head of Paris's Louvre Museum has promised a bigger police presence, including inside the museum, and security cameras to prevent future thefts, following last month's €87 million jewel heist.

Radio France Internationale

Frida Kahlo self-portrait poised to shatter auction records

A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, titled “El sueño (La cama),” could make auction history Thursday at Sotheby’s in New York

The Independent UK

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks review – the sheer number of pornographic drawings is a big shock

JMW Turner left behind some 37,000 sketches when he died, many of which have rarely been seen. Do they – including a huge collection of explicit sketches – reveal truths about the elusive man?

The Guardian - UK

Christie’s withdraws rare ‘first calculator’ from auction after French court halts export

Move comes after French scientists issued urgent appeal to prevent La Pascaline from leaving the country

The Guardian - UK

Rome-based group opens new US museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin

The original is kept in a bulletproof, climate-controlled case house in Italy

The Independent UK

Klimt Portrait Sells for $236.4 million, Becomes Most Expensive Modern Artwork Ever

Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sold for a record-breaking $236.4 million at Sotheby's, becoming the most expensive modern artwork ever auctioned as part of the landmark sale of Leonard Lauder's private collection.

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Klimt Portrait Sells for $236.4 million (£179.91 million), Becomes Most Expensive Modern Artwork Ever

Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sold for a record-breaking $236.4 million (£179.91 million) at Sotheby's, becoming the most expensive modern artwork ever auctioned as part of the landmark sale of Leonard Lauder's private collection.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: what Turner’s private sketchbooks reveal about his life

Fans and experts consider whether the artist may have been neurodivergent. Plus: inside the biggest Irish dancing challenge in the world. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Gustav Klimt painting that spared subject from Nazis breaks modern art price record

The only higher public sale remains ‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold in 2017 for $450m at Christie's

The Guardian - AU

Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auction

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Zelensky visits Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ painting years after making Ukraine bombing comparison

Zelensky referenced the painting in April 2022 while addressing Spain’s parliament

The Guardian - UK

Alfreda McHale obituary

Other lives: Artist who built installations using domestic objects, from tea trolleys and buttons to cutlery and glass jars

The Guardian - UK

Can ceramics be demonic? Edmund de Waal’s obsession with a deeply disturbing Dane

The great potter explains why he turned his decades-long fixation with Axel Salto – maker of unsettling stoneware full of tentacle sproutings and knotty growths – into a new show

MusicRadar

"You never see a hearse pulling a U-Haul": Legendary $1 billion Jim Irsay Collection to be auctioned in 2026, including Kurt Cobain's Teen Spirit Fender Mustang

Auctions will begin in March next year

Radio France Internationale

Louvre museum in Paris shuts gallery over structural safety fears

The Louvre Museum has announced that it has closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building. This is a further setback for the renowned institution which came under the spotlight last month after a daring jewellery…

International Business Times UK

Epstein's Painting Of Bill Clinton In A Blue Dress And Red Heels Resurface After Viral 'The Photo Of Trump Blowing Bubba'

A painting of Bill Clinton in a blue dress and red heels, once displayed in Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan home, resurfaces as online attention surges over a viral email about Trump 'blowing Bubba.'

The Independent UK

Louvre dealt another blow after heist as it’s forced to close gallery

Modernizing the Sully wing is among priorities of the renovation efforts announced in January

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