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French museum uncovers in storage picture by Renaissance woman master

A provincial museum in northern France on Friday showed off a picture now attributed to one of the greatest women painters of the Italian Renaissance, Lavinia Fontana, but which had for decades languished in its...

This photograph taken on March 21, 2025, shows a recently discovered painting by Italian artist Lavinia Fontana, titled “Portrait of a Gentleman, his Daughter and a Maid” on display at the Museum de la Chartreuse in Douai, northern France. On March 21, 2025, the Museum de la Chartreuse in Douai presented an unprecedented discovery: a painting by Lavinia Fontana, one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, which had been kept incognito in the museum's storerooms. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

French museum uncovers in storage picture by Renaissance woman master

This photograph taken on March 21, 2025, shows a recently discovered painting by Italian artist Lavinia Fontana, titled “Portrait of a Gentleman, his Daughter and a Maid” on display at the Museum de la Chartreuse in Douai, northern France. On March 21, 2025, the Museum de la Chartreuse in Douai presented an unprecedented discovery: a painting by Lavinia Fontana, one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, which had been kept incognito in the museum's storerooms. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

Historic fantasy 'Assassin's Creed' sparks bitter battles

(FILES) Visitors wait in line to play the "Assassin's Creed Shadows" action role-playing video game developed by "Ubisoft Quebec" and published by Ubisoft during the Paris Games Week fair in Paris, on October 23, 2024. The worldwide release of Ubisoft's video game "Assassin's Creed Shadows" which takes place in 16th-century feudal Japan, replete with imposing fortified cities and tranquil temples crafted by developers, is set for March 20, 2025. The game is adored for painstaking historic accuracy, but also sparks controversy with heavy use of artistic license, most recently with a black samurai in the latest instalment, "Shadows". (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

Rare iconic movie posters to be auctioned in US

Rare iconic movie posters to be auctioned in US

Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows

Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows

Bringing a Persian Epic to the World, With Help From 483 Puppets

A shadow puppet of warriors used in “Song of the North” at the New Victory Theater in New York, March 11, 2025. (Gavin Doran/The New York Times)

Hong Kong museum puts Picasso in cross-cultural dialogue

Hong Kong museum puts Picasso in cross-cultural dialogue

Kung fu girl group puts fresh spin on ancient Chinese art

This photo taken on February 21, 2025 shows Duan Ruru (L), a founding member of the Emei Kung Fu Girls, and Liu Qiao demonstrating their martial art movements at the Zhongfei temple in Emeishan, China's southwestern Sichuan province. The ancient Emei school in the mountains of Sichuan is thought to have welcomed a higher proportion of women and girls, but has struggled in recent years to raise its profile. That is now changing thanks to a group of women from Generation Z, who mesh skilful swordwork with social media smarts to help put the sect back on the map. - To go with 'CHINA-WOMEN-KUNG FU, FOCUS' by Mary YANG (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP) / To go with 'CHINA-WOMEN-KUNG FU, FOCUS' by Mary YANG

Capturing soul of Ramadhan

'Waiting for the First Drop of Divine,' acrylic on canvas by Sheffy

Van Gogh Museum presents LEGO bricks version of Sunflowers

Van Gogh Museum presents LEGO bricks version of Sunflowers

How artist Hassan Meer helps shape the landscape of contemporary Omani art

How artist Hassan Meer helps shape the landscape of contemporary Omani art

Passionate woodworker champions handmade crafts & Souvenirs

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Artist Alia al Farsi wants you to visit this fort to experience art right where history breathes

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What is Brutalism? And why do architects hate 'The Brutalist'?

The facade of Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, is seen on February 18, 2025. On a snowy prairie in Minnesota stands a monastery like no other. For half a century, the existence of this masterpiece designed by modernist architect Marcel Breuer, has been mainly known to the Benedictine monks who worship there, and the hordes of architects who make pilgrimages to Saint John's Abbey Church each summer. But these days, it is finding new fame as the basis for "The Brutalist," the epic drama about an immigrant architect, haunted by the Holocaust, that is a favorite to win best picture at the Oscars. (Photo by Kerem YUCEL / AFP)

She Designs the Book Covers You Judge

Visual artist Na Kim at her studio in New York on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

Al Mouj Art shows incredible diversity and depth of the Omani art scene

Al Mouj Art shows incredible diversity and depth of the Omani art scene
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